Tommy Anderson (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Cowan Anderson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1 July 2018 | (aged 83)||
Place of death |
Normanhurst , Australia | ||
Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Haddington Athletic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955 | Falkirk | 1 | (0) |
1955–1956 | Queen of the South | 5 | (1) |
1957–1958 | Watford | 52 | (12) |
1958 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 5 | (1) |
1958–1959 | Queen's Park Rangers | 10 | (3) |
1959–1960 | Torquay United | 9 | (4) |
1960–1961 | Stockport County | 60 | (17) |
1961–1962 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | (3) |
1962–1963 | Wrexham | 12 | (3) |
1963 | South Melbourne Hellas | ||
1963–1964 | Barrow | 11 | (3) |
1964 | South Melbourne Hellas | ||
1964–1965 | Watford | 21 | (2) |
1965 | St Mirren | 7 | (0) |
1966–1967 |
George Cross | ||
1967–1968 | Leyton Orient | 9 | (0) |
1968 | Limerick | 7 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1968 | Limerick | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Cowan Anderson (24 September 1934 – 1 July 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a forward, and was noted for his extremely fast pace.[2]
Anderson was capped by Scotland schools, and had an amateur contract with Hearts.[2] He began his professional career with Dumfries club, Queen of the South, in September 1955, leaving in November 1956.[2]
Anderson joined Watford in January 1957.[2] In his first spell with the club he made 52 league appearances, scoring 12 goals. Anderson moved to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in June 1958 for a fee of £1,000, but in November the same year he moved to Queen's Park Rangers.[2] He had only played five league games for Bournemouth, scoring once. He went on to score 3 times in 10 league games for Rangers in the 1958–59 season.
Anderson moved again in July 1959, signing for Torquay United.[2] He made his debut on 22 August 1959, the first day of the 1959–60 season, in a 2–1 home win against Doncaster Rovers. In his season with Torquay he played in nine league games, scoring four times. In June 1960 he moved to Stockport County,[2] where he was to play more regularly, playing 60 league games and scoring 17 goals in his time with the club.
In November 1961 he moved to Doncaster Rovers,[2] where he was to score 3 times in 16 league games. He made another swift move, this time to Wrexham in March 1962,[2] going on to play twelve league games and score three goals for the club.
Anderson subsequently moved to Australia, playing for Hellas before returning to England to join
Anderson eventually settled in Australia, working in Sydney as a football journalist and radio presenter. He died in
References
- ^ "Tommy Anderson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
- ISSN 0791-5144. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
External links
- Tommy Anderson at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database