Walter Anderson (footballer)

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Walter Anderson
Personal information
Full name Walter Anderson[1]
Date of birth 1879
Place of birth England
Date of death 3 March 1904 (aged 25)
Place of death London, England
Position(s)
Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Darlington – (–)
– Thornaby Utopians – (–)
1899–1901 Sheffield United 4 (0)
1901–1903 Woolwich Arsenal 28 (10)
1903–1904 Plymouth Argyle 31 (11)
Total 63 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Anderson (1879 – 3 March 1904) was an English professional

inside forward
.

A diminutive forward,

Football League over the next two years.[1] Anderson was transferred to Second Division side Woolwich Arsenal in December 1901.[2] He made his first team debut against Preston North End in a 0–0 draw on 11 January 1902 and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win at Chesterfield Town three weeks later.[3] Having formed a partnership in the team's forward line with Bill Gooing,[2] Anderson scored five goals in 13 league games as the club finished fifth in the Second Division table.[4] The following season, he competed with Tim Coleman for a place in the team.[2] Anderson scored five league goals in 15 matches that season and one in the FA Cup, a 3–1 defeat at home to Sheffield United,[3] taking his overall tally to 11 goals in 30 appearances.[2]

Anderson was transferred to

Wellingborough on 5 December at Home Park as part of a 4–1 win.[7] Two months later, Anderson contracted pneumonia.[6] He carried on playing, ignoring doctors' advice that he should rest, and collapsed after a match against Fulham at Craven Cottage on 27 February 1904.[6] He was rushed to hospital and died four days later, at the age of 25.[2] He made 38 appearances in all competitions for Plymouth Argyle, scoring 13 goals.[7] A memorial fund was created by the club in his honour and a souvenir handbook was published, which described Anderson as "one of the greatest, cleverest and whole-hearted players a club ever commanded."[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 9.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Walter Anderson". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Arsenal first team line-ups". Andy's Arsenal Resource Website. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  4. ^ "English Division Two (old) 1901–1902 : Table". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Rise And Fall of Amateur Era As Brettell Thinks Big". Western Morning News. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b c Tonkin, W. S. (1963). All About Argyle 1903–1963. Plymouth: E. J. Rickard Ltd. pp. 14–15.
  7. ^
    ISBN 0-907969-40-2
    .
  8. ^ a b "Walter Anderson". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
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