Robert Anderson (Australian rules footballer)

Robert Anderson (Australian rules footballer)

Infobox afl player | firstname = Robert
lastname = Anderson




birthdate = birth date|1959|8|19|df=y
birthplace = Canberra
originalteam = Queanbeyan
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1980
debutteam = Footscray (now Western Bulldogs)
debutopponent = ?
debutstadium = ?
playingteams = Western Bulldogs (1980, 1983-1984)

16 games, 6 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 1984
careerhighlights =

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Robert Anderson (born 19 August 1959) was an Australian rules football player. He played with Footscray, now known as the Western Bulldogs, in a variety of positions, but mostly on the wing and flanks. He was born and raised in Canberra and was recruited form local club Queanbeyan. He joined the Bulldogs at the start of 1980, Royce Hart's first year as coach. This was a tumultuous period for the club during which Hart delisted a number of players for not reaching the requisite fitness level, including Brian Wilson who was to go on and win a Brownlow medal with Melbourne. Anderson returned to Queanbeyan at the end of his first season, mainly because of injury, but was enticed back to the Bulldogs three years later for another two year stint.

After retiring at a relatively early age from VFL football, he returned to the Queanbeyan Tigers and with his long raking left foot, was a key player in no less than four premierships from 1985 to 1994. His playing measurements were 178 cm and 78 kg. He played 16 games in three full seasons with the Bulldogs, the low number representing inconsistent form and persistent injury problems.

References

Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002) "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers", Crown Content, Melbourne.


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