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Jimmy Elder

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Jimmy Elder
Personal information
Full name James Elder
Date of birth (1928-03-05)5 March 1928
Place of birth Scone, Scotland
Date of death September 2022(2022-09-00) (aged 94)
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1947 Jeanfield Swifts
1947–1950 Portsmouth 1 (0)
1950–1955 Colchester United 199 (15)
1955–1958 Yeovil Town 126 (22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Elder (5 March 1928 – September 2022) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half for Football League club Portsmouth, where he was part of the squad that went on to win the Division 1 Championship and Colchester United, where he made over 200 appearances and scoring 17 goals. Jimmy was a hard-hitting wing-half who could play with both feet. Jimmy was also a regular penalty-taker.[1]

He died in September 2022, at the age of 94. He was the last remaining member of Portsmouth's famous title-winning squad of 1948–49 and 1949–50.[2]

Jimmy Elder after winning the Exeter Cup with Colchester United

References

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  1. ^ "Jimmy Elder Career Stats at coludata.co.uk". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Pompey Mourn Jimmy Elder". www.portsmouthfc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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  • Jimmy Elder at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  • Jimmy Elder at Colchester United Archive Database