Jimmy Elder
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Elder | ||
Date of birth | 5 March 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Scone, Scotland | ||
Date of death | September 2022 | (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]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Jimmy_Elder_after_winning_the_Exeter_Cup_with_Colchester_United.jpg/220px-Jimmy_Elder_after_winning_the_Exeter_Cup_with_Colchester_United.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ "Jimmy Elder Career Stats at coludata.co.uk". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Pompey Mourn Jimmy Elder". www.portsmouthfc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jimmy Elder at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Jimmy Elder at Colchester United Archive Database