George Anderson (football player, 1877)

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George Anderson
Personnel
birthday January 6, 1877
place of birth Kilmarnock ,  Scotland
date of death May 20, 1930
Place of death Canada
position Middle runner
Juniors
Years station
FC Kilmarnock
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1897-1909 FC Kilmarnock at least 194 (10)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1901 Scotland 1 0(0)
1901-1902 Scottish League 2 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

George "Geordie" Anderson (born January 6, 1877 in Kilmarnock , Scotland , † May 20, 1930 in Canada ) was a Scottish football player on the position of center runner . He played once for the Scottish national football team and was with FC Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup final of 1898 .

Career

George Anderson played most of his career in southwest Scotland for FC Kilmarnock . Anderson reached the Scottish Cup final of 1898 with the Killies , which was lost to the Glasgow Rangers . In the same year he was second division champion with the club. Anderson played his last game for Kilmarnock on January 4, 1909 (0-4 against Third Lanark ), earlier in the season the veteran player was given a benefit game.

In 1901 Anderson played an international match for Scotland during the British Home Championship 1900/01 against Ireland which ended 11-0. To date it is the highest victory of the Scottish national team. In 1901 (against Ireland ) and 1902 (against England ) he also represented the Scottish Football League in league comparisons.

successes

with FC Kilmarnock:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See John Litster: A record of pre – war Scottish League players v2 (CD Rom), PM Publications, Norwich 2012.
  2. ↑ David Ross: Killie: Official History - 125 Years of Kilmarnock FC Yore Publications, Harefield 1994, ISBN 978-1-874427-75-9 , pp. 35 .
  3. ↑ Football international match Scotland 11: 0 (5: 0) Ireland. February 23, 1901, accessed November 2, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Anderson, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anderson, Geordie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Kilmarnock , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1930
Place of death Canada