Autographs of Alex Elder

Alexander Russell Elder (born 25 April 1941) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played for Burnley and Stoke City as well as the Northern Ireland national team.
He was said to play a very mature game for someone with so little experience of top-class football. Although not quick on the turn, he timed his tackles well and invariably made good use of the ball.
Elder was the very last piece in Harry Potts Championship jigsaw, signing aged 17 in January 1959 for £5,000 from Irish League club Glentoran. He spent the remainder of the 1958–59 season in the Burnley reserves, remaining there when the 1959–60 season began. By the eighth game of that season he made his first team debut against Preston and the great Tom Finney. Despite a 1–0 defeat Elder played well enough to retain his place and played in all but one of the remaining games that season. The 1959–60 season brought Burnley its second, and to date last, league championship. After a tense run-in with Wolves and Spurs, the other main title contenders, Burnley clinched the championship at Maine Road with a 2–1 victory on 2 May 1960. Elder admitted that he was fortunate as a young player to come into a side that included so many great players – including Jimmy Adamson and Jimmy McIlroy. Elder played in Burnley's European Cup campaign the following season and then in the FA Cup Final Wembley side of 1962. He forged a formidable full back partnership with John Angus and the two were only separated when Elder broke an ankle in pre-season training in 1963. In July 1965, Elder succeeded Brian Miller as club captain. Elder was just 26 when in August 1967 Burnley accepted £50,000 from Stoke City after making 330 appearances for the "Clarets" scoring 17 goals. While he was reluctant to leave, he admitted that his face did not fit in with the new coach, former teammate Jimmy Adamson.\nAs a young Burnley player Elder was featured on the 'Look at Life' documentary series in the episode called 'The Ball at His Feet'. The programme covered the activities of apprentice footballers.
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Current items with a signature of Alex Elder

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	ALEX ELDER SIGNED 1959-67 BUNLEY & NORTHERN IRELAND 6 x 3 inch PICTURE	£5.18

Traded items with a signature of Alex Elder

The most expensive item with a signature of Alex Elder (Alex Elder Hand Signed White Card In A4 Burnley Mount Display) was sold in December 2021 for £29.99 while the cheapest item (Adam Blacklaw & Alex Elder ex Burnley footballers origionally signed photo) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2014. The month with the most items sold (6) was August 2018 with an average selling price of £5.09 for an autographed item of Alex Elder. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2019 with £28.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was December 2013. In average, an autographed item from Alex Elder is worth £5.50.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Alex Elder were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Alex Elder - Burnley F.C. & Northern Ireland Footballer - Hand Signed Card.	£7.50
	Alex Elder - Burnley Signed 12x8 Photo 1962 FA Cup Final Squad Mounted	£28.95
	ALEX ELDER autograph - hand signed PHOTO card - BURNLEY FC	£10.00
	ALEX ELDER BURNLEY 1959-1967 NORTHERN IRELAND original signed annual picture	£11.50
	Alex Elder Burnley 1959/60 League champion -  original signed photograph	£3.99
	ALEX ELDER BURNLEY HAND SIGNED 1967-73 STOKE CITY PIC Ireland footballer	£5.10
	ALEX ELDER BURNLEY STOKE NORTHERN IRELAND AUTOGRAPHED CARD	£1.01
	Alex Elder Hand Signed White Card In A4 Burnley Mount Display	£29.99
	ALEX ELDER NORTHERN IRELAND INT 1960-1969 ORIG SIGNED MAGAZINE CUTTING	£5.50
	ALEX ELDER SIGNED 1959-67 BURNLEY & NORTHERN IRELAND 5.5 x 4 inch PICTURE	£5.62
	ALEX ELDER SIGNED 1959-73 BURNLEY & STOKE CITY 5 x 5 inch PICTURE	£6.14
	ALEX ELDER SIGNED 1967-73 STOKE CITY 11 x 8 inch PICTURE	£8.76
	Alex Elder Signed A4 Photo Autograph Burnley Display Signature Memorabilia + COA	£24.99
	HAND SIGNED 8x6 PHOTO : BURNLEY 1962 ALEX ELDER	£11.99
	Signed Alex Elder Northern Ireland, Glentoran, Burnley, Stoke City & Leek Town	£1.75