Dale Anderson (sportsman)

{{Short description|Australian sportsman (1931–2021)}}

{{Other people|Dale Anderson}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Dale Anderson

| image = Dale Anderson 1954.jpg

| country = Australia

| fullname = Dale Thomas Anderson

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|6|10}}

| birth_place = Latrobe, Tasmania

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|9|29|1931|6|10}}

| death_place = Burnie, Tasmania

| nickname =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| club1 = Tasmania

| year1 = {{nowrap|1952/53–1963/64}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 123

| bat avg1 = 15.37

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 33

| deliveries1 = 940

| wickets1 = 14

| bowl avg1 = 40.35

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/49

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2371/2371.html CricketArchive

| date = 10 April

| year = 2023

| module ={{Infobox AFL biography

| embed=yes

| club1 = {{AFL Mel}}

| years1 = 1953–1954

| games_goals1 = 7 (15)

| years2 = 1954-56

| games_goals2 = 28 (50)

| club3 = Sorrento

| years3 = 1956

| games_goals3 = 10 (unknown)

}}

}}

Dale Thomas Anderson (10 June 1931 – 29 September 2021) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football and first-class cricket.

Anderson played seven games for Victorian Football League club Melbourne during 1953 and 1954, kicking 15 goals. From 1952 to 1964 he appeared in a total of six first-class matches for Tasmania and took 14 wickets with his right-arm fast-medium pace bowling.{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |date=1 May 2022 |title=Wisden Cricketer's Almanack |page=195 |isbn=9781472991102 |edition=159th }}

After leaving Melbourne during 1954, Anderson crossed to VFA team Williamstown and was full-forward in the premiership team of that year. He played 28 games and kicked 50 goals up until early in the 1956 season when he transferred to Sorrento FC. He kicked 22.15 in a game for Cooee against East Devonport in 1952 before coming to Melbourne.