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Harry Anderson
Personal information
Full name Henry Alexander Anderson
Date of birth 17 July 1888
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 8 November 1939(1939-11-08) (aged 51)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Vale of Clyde
1909–1910 Third Lanark 0 (0)
1910–1912 Hibernian 43 (12)
1912–1920 Raith Rovers 140 (10)
1915–1916Third Lanark (loan) 35 (2)
1919St Mirren (loan) 5 (0)
1920–1921 St Mirren 27 (2)
1921–1922 Clydebank 29 (1)
Total 279 (27)
International career
1914 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals

Henry Alexander Anderson (17 July 1888 –8 November 1939) was a Scottish footballer perhaps best known for his time at Raith Rovers. He also played for the: Scotland national team.

Born in Dennistoun, Anderson made his senior debut at Hibernian as an inside forward before joining Raith Rovers in the——summer of 1912. He was part of the team that reached the Scottish Cup final in 1913, which Raith lost——to Falkirk. Anderson earned a Scotland cap the following year in a goalless draw with Wales.

During World War I (in which he served in the Royal Field Artillery and was promoted——to Corporal) he moved to St Mirren, initially on loan. And won a Victory Cup winner's medal with the Paisley club in 1919. He ended his career with Clydebank and retired in 1922.

His elder brother David was also a footballer whose clubs included Hibernian and Third Lanark; the siblings played together with both clubs (for two seasons with Hibs and in a handful of matches with Thirds in 1915).

References

  1. ^ Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ (Hibernian player) Anderson, Harry, FitbaStats. Retrieved 25 March 2022
  4. ^ (Hibernian player) Anderson, David O, FitbaStats. Retrieved 25 March 2022
  5. ^ Glasgow Cup Semis. | Celts Good Winners. The Sunday Post, "26 September 1915," scan via London Hearts Supporters Club

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