George Anderson (footballer, born 1887)

Scottish footballer and manager

George Anderson
Personal information
Full name	George Albert Anderson
Date of birth	6 June 1887
Place of birth	Haydon Bridge, England
Date of death	28 May 1956(1956-05-28) (aged 68)
Place of death	Dundee, Scotland
Position(s)	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 professional footballer, best remembered for his 10 years as manager of Dundee between 1944 and 1954. As a player, Anderson played as a goalkeeper and made over 200 Scottish League appearances for Aberdeen. He also played in the Football League for Sunderland. Between his retirement as a player as his appointment as manager of Dundee, Anderson served Aberdeen as a director and manager.

Personal life

Anderson served in the Royal Artillery during the First World War.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1911–12	First Division	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
	1912–13	First Division	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	—		10	0
Aberdeen	1914–15	Scottish Division One	29	0	—		—		29	0
	1915–16		33	0	—		2	0	35	0
	1916–17		38	0	—		—		38	0
	Total		100	0	—		2	0	102	0
Aberdeen	1919–20	Scottish Division One	42	0	4	0	1	0	47	0
	1920–21		38	0	4	0	—		42	0
	1921–22		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

^ Appearances in Robertson Cup

Manager

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	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

Honours

Dundee

Individual

Dundee Hall of Fame

References

Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 9. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ "George Anderson". Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
^ "The club history". Dundee F.C. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
"George Anderson | Player Statistics | Dundee". Dee Archive. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
"George Anderson". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
"Anderson George Aberdeen 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
"1911–12 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
"1912–13 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
"George Anderson | Manager Statistics | Dundee". Dee Archive. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
"Hall of Fame". Dundee F.C. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

v t e Dundee F.C. – managers
W. Wallace (1899–1919) MacFarlane (1919–1925) McNair (1925–1928) MacFarlane (1928) Bissett (1928–33) McCandless (1933–37) Cunningham (1937–40) Anderson (1944–54) Thornton (1954–59) Shankly (1959–65) Kean (1965) Ancell (1965–68) Prentice (1968–72) White (1972–77) Gemmell (1977–80) Mackay (1980–84) Knox (1984–86) Scott (1986–88) D. Smith (1988–89) G. Wallace (1989–91) Blackley (1991) Munro (1991–92) Stainrod (1992–93) Duffy (1993–96) McCormack (1997–98) Scott (1998–2000) Bonetti (2000–02) Duffy (2002–05) Kernaghan (2005–06) Rae (2006–08) Farrell (2008) Scott (2008–10) Chisholm (2010) B. Smith (2010–13) Brown (2013–14) Hartley (2014–17) McCann (2017–18) McIntyre (2018–19) McPake (2019–22) McGhee (2022) Bowyer (2022–23) Docherty (2023–) (c) = caretaker manager

Dundee F.C. – managers

W. Wallace (1899–1919)
MacFarlane (1919–1925)
McNair (1925–1928)
MacFarlane (1928)
Bissett (1928–33)
McCandless (1933–37)
Cunningham (1937–40)
Anderson (1944–54)
Thornton (1954–59)
Shankly (1959–65)
Kean (1965)
Ancell (1965–68)
Prentice (1968–72)
White (1972–77)
Gemmell (1977–80)
Mackay (1980–84)
Knox (1984–86)
Scott (1986–88)
D. Smith (1988–89)
G. Wallace (1989–91)
Blackley (1991)
Munro (1991–92)
Stainrod (1992–93)
Duffy (1993–96)
McCormack (1997–98)
Scott (1998–2000)
Bonetti (2000–02)
Duffy (2002–05)
Kernaghan (2005–06)
Rae (2006–08)
Farrell (2008)
Scott (2008–10)
Chisholm (2010)
B. Smith (2010–13)
Brown (2013–14)
Hartley (2014–17)
McCann (2017–18)
McIntyre (2018–19)
McPake (2019–22)
McGhee (2022)
Bowyer (2022–23)
Docherty (2023–)

v t e Dundee F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
2009	Caniggia Cowie Cox Gilzean Longair Scott Smith Steel
2010	Duffy Hamilton Nemsadze Shankly Wallace
2011	Cousin Coyne Gallacher Liney Penman Ure
2012	1961–62 XI
2013	Anderson Boyd Cowan Glennie Wilson
2015	Duncan Grady MacFarlane Speroni
2016	Donaldson Geddes Hunter McCann Pirie Toner
2017	Allan Douglas Stuart Troup Wright
2018	Flavell Fraser Rae Sinclair Thomson
2019	Adamczuk Juliussen McKinlay Stewart Wieghorst
2024	Ferguson Ford Gilmour Harkins Slater

v t e Scottish League Cup winning managers
1947 (April): Struth 1947 (October): Symon 1949 (March): Struth 1949 (October): Symon 1950: Stevenson 1951: Anderson 1952: Anderson 1953: Dawson 1954: Walker 1955: Shaw 1956: McGrory 1957: McGrory 1958: Walker 1959: Walker 1960: Symon 1961: Symon 1962: Walker 1963: Symon 1964: Symon 1965: Stein 1966: Stein 1967: Stein 1969 (April): Stein 1969 (October): Stein 1970: Waddell 1971: McParland 1972: Turnbull 1973: White 1974: Stein 1975: Wallace 1976: MacLeod 1978: Wallace 1979 (March): Greig 1979 (December): McLean 1980: McLean 1981: Greig 1982: McNeill 1984 (March): Wallace 1984 (October): Wallace 1985: Ferguson 1986: Souness 1987: Souness 1988: Souness 1989: Scott & A. Smith 1990: Souness 1991: Miller 1992: W. Smith 1993: W. Smith 1994: Nicholl 1995: Aitken 1996: W. Smith 1997: Jansen 1998: Advocaat 2000: Dalglish 2001: O'Neill 2002: McLeish 2003: McLeish 2004: Hay 2005: McLeish 2006: Strachan 2007: Collins 2008: W. Smith 2009: Strachan 2010: W. Smith 2011: W. Smith 2012: Shiels 2013: D. Lennon 2014: McInnes 2015: Deila 2016 (March): McIntyre 2016 (November): Rodgers 2017: Rodgers 2018: Rodgers 2019: N. Lennon 2021 (February): Davidson 2021 (December): Postecoglou 2023 (February): Postecoglou 2023 (December): Clement

Scottish League Cup winning managers

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