John Hugh Todd Anderson (11 January 1937 – July 2021) was a Scottish-born

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 le ...

who played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

and represented the Australian national team five times in full international matches.

Career

Anderson was born in

Johnstone Johnstone ( sco, Johnstoun,
gd, Baile Iain) is a town ...

and played for local side

Johnstone Burgh Johnstone Burgh Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and play in . History The club were formed in 1956, in response to an article in the "Johnstone & Linwood Gazette" newspaper from a journalist that h ...

. In 1957 he joined

and he made an instant impact scoring on his debut against Rotherham United in September 1957. However Anderson was used as a backup during his four-year spell at the Victoria Ground making 24 appearances scoring twice. In the mid-1960s after a spell back in Scotland with

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

and Third Lanark he moved to Australia to play with South Melbourne where he came to the notice of the Australian selectors. He eventually played eight matches for the Socceroos, five of which were full internationals.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, John 1937 births 2021 deaths Australia men's international soccer players Australian men's soccer players Men's association football wingers Greenock Morton F.C. players People from Johnstone Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish Football League players Scottish men's footballers South Melbourne FC players Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players Third Lanark A.C. players South Melbourne FC managers Johnstone Burgh F.C. players Footballers from Renfrewshire Scottish emigrants to Australia Scottish football managers