John Elders (18 December 1930 – 3 May 2015) was an English rugby union player and coach.

[4] Elders played one game for Barbarian FC in the late 1950s.

Elders was the sports master at the Newcastle Royal Grammar School between 1957 and 1982.

Whilst teaching there he played and coached for Northern FC and (Old) Novocastrians.

The 1987 team went undefeated, including matches against Sydney's King's, Riverview and St Joseph's colleges.