Henry Anderson (footballer)

Henry Edmund Anderson (23 May 1892 – 30 October 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Henry Anderson
Personal information
Full name Henry Edmund Anderson
Date of birth (1892-05-23)23 May 1892
Place of birth Ararat, Victoria
Date of death 30 October 1926(1926-10-30) (aged 34)
Place of death Armadale, Victoria[1]
Original team(s) Kerang
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913 Fitzroy 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He later enlisted for service in World War I, serving in the 23rd and 65th Battalions before being transferred to the Employment Company.[3] Anderson was hospitalised several times and also went AWOL several times during his four years of service.[4]

Notes
  1. "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 25, 032. Victoria, Australia. 1 November 1926. p. 1.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "Henry Edmund Anderson – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia.
  4. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
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