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James Elder (5 March 1928 – September 2022) was a Scottish professional 
Jimmy Elder
at Colchester United Archive Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Elder, Jimmy 1928 births 2022 deaths Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wing halves English Football League players Colchester United F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Jeanfield Swifts F.C. players
footballer
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who played as a wing half
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for Football League
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club Portsmouth
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, where he was part of the squad that went on to win the Division 1 Championship and Colchester United
Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...
, 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.
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.
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*Jimmy Elder
at Colchester United Archive Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Elder, Jimmy 1928 births 2022 deaths Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wing halves English Football League players Colchester United F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Jeanfield Swifts F.C. players