Stan Anderson (Australian footballer)

Richard Stanley Anderson (26 July 1893 – 15 August 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played a single game with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1919.[1]

Stan Anderson
Personal information
Full name Richard Stanley Anderson
Date of birth (1893-07-26)26 July 1893
Place of birth Queenscliff, Victoria
Date of death 15 August 1953(1953-08-15) (aged 60)
Place of death Middle Park, Victoria
Original team(s) Williamstown
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919 Essendon 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Prior to appearing for Essendon, he served in World War I, suffering severe shell shock after being buried alive in an explosion in France in August 1916.[2] He spent 128 days in hospital but later returned to active service before being discharged in April 1917.[3]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  3. "Richard Stanley Anderson – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia.


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