George Anderson (footballer, born 1904)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = George Anderson

| image = George Anderson, Brentford FC footballer, 1926.jpg

| caption = Anderson while with Brentford in 1926.

| fullname = George Russell Anderson

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1904|10|24}}

| birth_place = Saltcoats, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death-date and age|December 1974|24 October 1904}}

| death_place = Cottenham, England

| height = 5 ft 9 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-sunday-dispatch-football/134154879/ |title=Mansfield Town. Outlook much more hopeful |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xvi |via=Newspapers.com}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

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| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1925

| clubs1 = Dalry Thistle

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| years2 = 1925–1926

| clubs2 = Airdrieonians

| caps2 = 10

| goals2 = 9

| years3 = 1926–1927

| clubs3 = Brentford

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1927–1929

| clubs4 = Chelsea

| caps4 = 9

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1929–1930

| clubs5 = Norwich City

| caps5 = 28

| goals5 = 12

| years6 = 1930

| clubs6 = Carlisle United

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1930

| clubs7 = Gillingham

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1930–1932

| clubs8 = Cowdenbeath

| caps8 = 35

| goals8 = 7

| years9 = 1932–1933

| clubs9 = Yeovil & Petters United

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| years10 = 1933–1934

| clubs10 = Bury

| caps10 = 25

| goals10 = 10

| years11 = 1934–1935

| clubs11 = Huddersfield Town

| caps11 = 14

| goals11 = 4

| years12 = 1935–1936

| clubs12 = Mansfield Town

| caps12 = 36

| goals12 = 16

| years13 =

| clubs13 = Newark

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| years14 =

| clubs14 = Ayr United

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| clubs15 = Saltcoats Victoria

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George Russell Anderson (24 October 1904 – December 1974) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for a number of clubs as a forward.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=9}}{{Cite web |title=George Anderson |url=http://www.stamford-bridge.com/player.php?id=10&surname=Anderson&firstname=George |access-date=26 October 2015 |website=Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC}}