| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Albert Anderson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Haydon Bridge, England | ||
| Date of death | 28 May 1956(1956-05-28) (aged 68)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1907–1910 | Haydon Bridge | ||
| 1910–1911 | Mickley Colliery Welfare | ||
| 1911–1914 | Sunderland | 10 | (0) |
| 1914–1917 | Aberdeen | 100 | (0) |
| 1917–1918 | Dundee | 18 | (0) |
| 1918–1922 | Aberdeen | 105 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1941–1942 | Aberdeen (caretaker) | ||
| 1944–1954 | Dundee | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Albert Anderson (6 June 1887 – 28 May 1956) was an English professionalfootballer, best remembered for his 10 years asmanager ofDundee between 1944 and 1954.[3][4] As a player, Anderson played as agoalkeeper and made over 200Scottish League appearances forAberdeen.[2] He also played in theFootball League forSunderland.[5][6] Between his retirement as a player as his appointment as manager of Dundee, Anderson served Aberdeen as a director and manager.[2]
Anderson served in theRoyal Artillery during theFirst World War.[2]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sunderland | 1911–12[7] | First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 1912–13[8] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Aberdeen | 1914–15[2] | Scottish Division One | 29 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 1915–16[2] | 33 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 1916–17[2] | 38 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 100 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 102 | 0 | |||
| Aberdeen | 1919–20[2] | Scottish Division One | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 1920–21[2] | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | |||
| 1921–22[2] | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 205 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 216 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 215 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 226 | 0 | ||
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Dundee | 5 May 1944 | 19 July 1954 | 321 | 162 | 63 | 96 | 050.5 |
| Total | 321 | 162 | 63 | 96 | 050.5 | ||
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