John Latto Anderson (1881 – 11 May 1942) was a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

centre half In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either ...

. He began his career at

Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Championship. Dunfermline ...

and had three years at Heart of Midlothian,(Hearts player) John Anderson (1)
London Hearts Supporters Club but spent the majority of his career with

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

.Jock Anderson - Captain
Falkirk Football Historian, 29 August 2013 He was in the ''Bairns'' team that finished runners-up in the Scottish Football League in the 1907–08 and 1909–10, but played no part in the club's

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1913, having more or less retired due to injury by that point. He had played in the 1903 Scottish Cup Final with Hearts, losing out to Rangers after two replays.Football. Scottish Cup Final.
The Scotsman, 27 April 1903, via London Hearts Supporters Club Anderson was selected once for the

Scottish Football League XI The Scottish League XI was a representative side of the Scottish Football League. The team regularly played against the (English) Football League and other national league select teams between 1892 and 1980. For a long period the annual fixture be ...

, playing against the

Irish League XI The Irish League representative team was the representative side of the Irish Football League, the national league for football in Northern Ireland from 1922 and, prior to that the league for Ireland. The Irish League was suspended from 1941–42 ...

in 1911.(SFL player) John Anderson
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1881 births 1942 deaths Footballers from Perth and Kinross Scottish footballers Association football defenders Scottish Junior Football Association players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players {{Scotland-footy-defender-1880s-stub