Elmo Earl Shropshire[1] (born October 26, 1936) is an American veterinarian, competitive runner, and country music singer.

Elmo Shropshire is a native of Lexington, Kentucky and has a Bachelors of Science in agriculture from the University of Florida where he was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.

[3] Since then, Shropshire settled a class action suit against Sony based upon the royalties paid from downloads and ringtone sales.

On December 23, 2014, Shropshire performed "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" on The Meredith Vieira Show as part of a segment titled "Real or Fake".

On October 13, 2012, he won his age division in the United States National 5K Cross Country Championship in San Diego, California.

[11] On October 27, 2013, he won a gold medal in the World Master's Games as part of the USA 4×400 relay team in Porto Allegre, Brazil.