Jack Anderson (footballer, born 1908)

Jack Anderson
Personal information
Full name John Yates Anderson
Date of birth 29 October 1908
Place of birth Beechworth, Victoria
Date of death 25 May 1958(1958-05-25) (aged 49)
Place of death Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Traralgon
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 82.5 kg (182 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932–1933 Richmond 9 (2)
1935–1939 North Melbourne 59 (10)
Total 68 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Yates Anderson (29 October 1908 – 25 May 1958)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1932 and 1933 for the Richmond Football Club and from 1935 to 1939 for the North Melbourne Football Club. Jack Anderson is the father of former radio announcer John Anderson.

A fireman by profession, Anderson collapsed and died while supervising salvage operations at the scene of a fire on the corner of Hardware Lane and Lonsdale Street in the Melbourne Central Business District on 25 May 1958.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Jack Anderson - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Heavy Damage in City Fire". The Age. 26 May 1958. p. 3.
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996


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