Cliff Anderson

{{Short description|American basketball player (1944–2021)}}

{{distinguish|Cliff Anderson (American football)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Refimprove|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox NBA biography

| name = Cliff Anderson

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|9|7}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|26|1944|9|7}}

| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| high_school = Thomas Edison
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

| college = Saint Joseph's (1964–1967)

| draft_year = 1967

| draft_round = 4

| draft_pick = 35

| draft_team = Los Angeles Lakers

| career_start = 1967

| career_end = 1972

| career_position = Shooting guard

| career_number = 30, 40, 14, 22, 26

| years1 = 1967

| team1 = Wilmington Blue Bombers

| years2 = {{nbay|1967|start}}–{{nbay|1968|end}}

| team2 = Los Angeles Lakers

| years3 = 1969

| team3 = Wilmington Blue Bombers

| years4 = 1969–1970

| team4 = Denver Rockets

| years5 = 1970

| team5 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| years6 = {{nbay|1970|full=y}}

| team6 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years7 = 1971–1972

| team7 = Scranton Apollos

| highlights =

• Third-team All-American – NABC (1967)
• Robert V. Geasey Trophy (1967)
• No. 30 retired by Saint Joseph's Hawks

|stats_league = NBA and ABA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 253 (3.0 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 107 (1.3 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 72 (0.9 apg)

}}

Clifford V. Anderson (September 7, 1944 – July 26, 2021) was an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately for Saint Joseph's University.

He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 4th round (35th pick overall) of the 1967 NBA draft.

He played for the Lakers (1967–69), Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers (1970–71) in the NBA and for the Denver Rockets (1969–70) in the ABA for 84 games.

Anderson died on July 26, 2021.{{cite web |last=Jensen|first=Mike|title=Cliff Anderson, St. Joseph’s University basketball legend, dies at 76|url=https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/cliff-anderson-died-st-josephs-20210728.html|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=September 14, 2021 |date=July 28, 2021 }}