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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Elias MacDonald
was an English footballer who played at outside left for various clubs
in the 1920s. MacDonald was born in Beswick, Greater Manchester and
played his early football for Ancoats Lads Club, as well as representing
Manchester Schools. After leaving school, he was employed by Rolls-Royce
at Derby from where he joined Derby County in 1920, although he made no
first-team appearances. The following year, he joined Burton All Saints
where he was spotted by a scout from Southampton.