Darrell Elston

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1952)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Darrell Elston

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|08|15}}

| birth_place = Tipton, Indiana, U.S.

| high_school = Tipton (Tipton, Indiana)

| college = North Carolina (1971–1974)

| draft_year = 1974

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 43

| draft_team = Atlanta Hawks

| career_start = 1974

| career_end = 1975

| career_number = 11, 15

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = 1974–1975

| team1 = Virginia Squires

| years2 = {{nbay|1976|end}}

| team2 = Indiana Pacers

| highlights =

• Second-team All-ACC (1974)

}}

Darrell Eugene Elston (born August 15, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Tipton, Indiana, he was a {{convert|6|ft|4|in|cm|adj=on}} {{convert|190|lb|kg}} guard and played collegiately at the University of North Carolina.

Elston was selected with the 7th pick of the third round in the 1974 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He was also selected in the fourth round of the 1974 American Basketball Association draft by the Carolina Cougars. He played for the Virginia Squires in 1974–75, playing 72 games and averaging 8.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. On August 18, 1976, the former ABA's Indiana Pacers signed Elston in their first move since their absorption into the NBA.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCJ/is_4_31/ai_113183441 Indiana Pacers – Franchise Snapshot], Basketball Digest, March–April, 2004, by Brett Ballantini In 1976–77, Elston played 5 games for the Pacers, averaging 1.0 point, 1.2 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. He was waived not long after.

His son Derek spent four seasons on the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team,{{cite web |url=http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/elston_derek00.html |title=Derek Elston Bio - Indiana University Official Athletic Site |accessdate=2015-05-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507120854/http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/elston_derek00.html |archivedate=2015-05-07 }} including the 2013 Big Ten Championship team. Derek averaged 4.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game as a Hoosier.{{cite web| url = https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/derek-elston-1.html| title = Derek Elston College Stats {{!}} College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}