Duggan Anderson

Duggan Anderson

Personal information
Birth	, Western Australia
Playing career¹
Team(s)	WANFL Swan Districts (1945–1956) 210 games[1]
Career highlights
Club Captain 1951,1952 WA State Team 1946,1948,1951,1952 Swan Medal 1946,1948,1951

Douglas "Duggan" Anderson is a former Australian rules footballer who was highly successful in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) playing for the Swan Districts Football Club. He suffered a terrible accident on his family's farm in January 1947 and lost all the fingers on his left hand. Anderson not only recovered to play football again but also played the first game of the 1947 season.^[2] Duggan was a noted defender and mostly played a centre half back where he was a solid contributor.^[3] In the Swan Districts Team of the Century Anderson is listed on the interchange bench. After retiring as a player Anderson remained involved in the club serving as a club committee member and club president.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Swan Districts Playertracker- Duggan Anderson". 2007. http://www.swandistrictsfc.com/danderson.html. Retrieved 2007-09-23. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Access TV 31 WAFL Legends". 2006. http://www.accesstvwa.com/programming/program_sales_moreinfo/wafllegends06_summaries.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-23. 
3. ^ "Full Points Footy – Duggan Anderson". 2006. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/a.htm#Douglas%20'Duggan'%20Anderson%20(Swan%20Districts). Retrieved 2007-09-23. 
4. ^ "Swan Districts Football Club History". 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20070822215635/http://www.swandistrictsfc.com/history5.html. Retrieved 2007-09-23.