A midfielder, he was signed by Ipswich Town manager Scott Duncan in May 1949, after playing as an amateur for Newport County.
Elsworthy was part of the Wales squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, but didn't travel to Sweden as the Welsh FA were too short of money to send a full squad.
Although a member of the World Cup squad, Elsworthy was in fact never capped by his country.
[2] After retiring from football he ran a post office branch in Ipswich.
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