Terence Keith Anderson (11 March 1944 – c. 24 January 1980) was an English

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who played as a winger 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 ...

, most notably for

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...

, where he made 236 league appearances between 1965 and 1974. Anderson made appearances for

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at youth level prior to signing a professional deal with his first club,

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

. He additionally played for

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

in two spells,

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

and

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

and also played in the United States for the short-lived NASL team

Baltimore Comets The Baltimore Comets were a professional soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1974, the Comets were an expansion team that played two seasons in the North American Soccer League. The team originally played its home matches a ...

over two seasons.

Career

Born in

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

, Anderson joined

at the age of 15 in 1959, playing in the club's youth and reserve teams, and was at this time capped by

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. Regarded by then-Arsenal manager

Cliff Bastin Clifford Sydney Bastin (14 March 1912 – 4 December 1991) was an English footballer who played as a winger for Exeter City and Arsenal. He also played for the England national team. Bastin is Arsenal's third-highest goalscorer of all time. C ...

as one of the best left-wing prospects of his generation, he signed a professional deal in August 1961 and made his league debut for the Gunners in a 4–0 victory at

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

in March 1963. Anderson, who featured in the first-ever game televised on

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in August 1964, scored six goals in 26 league games for Arsenal before signing for

for £15,000 in February 1965. During the 1971–72 campaign, in which Norwich gained promotion to the First Division for the first time, Anderson featured outside of his regular position in the centre of defence in the absence of captain Duncan Forbes through injury. He scored in City's first ever top flight victory over rivals

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in a 2–1 win. He also played in every

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game on the road to the final at

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in the same season. The following season saw Anderson join

on loan. Signed by Jim Smith as a temporary replacement for

Paul Aimson Paul Edward Aimson (3 August 1943 – 9 January 2008) was an English footballer who played as a forward in the Football League, most notably for York City, where he scored 113 goals in 249 games in all competitions during two spells with the clu ...

, Anderson made four appearances and helped the club to promotion to the

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. After leaving Norwich, having made 236 appearances and scored 16 goals, Anderson joined

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team

. He made 17 appearances in the 1974 season, providing four assists. He returned to England to play for

and

during the off-season, making ten and four appearances respectively. He rejoined Baltimore for the 1975 season, making 19 appearances and providing one assist. The club folded in 1975 and Anderson once again returned to England to sign for Colchester United for a second spell. Signed by Bobby Roberts prior to his first full season in charge, Anderson was a regular in the opening fixtures of the 1975–76 season, but he could not help prevent the club from being relegated to the

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. He made his final appearance in a 6–0 thrashing by

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and was released at the end of the season.

Personal life

Following his retirement from playing, Anderson became the

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of the Castle Hotel in

Caister-on-Sea Caister-on-Sea, also known colloquially as Caister, is a large village and seaside resort in Norfolk, England. It is close to the large town of Great Yarmouth. At the 2001 census it had a population of 8,756 and 3,970 households, the populati ...

in Norfolk and worked in a sports shop.

Death

Four years after playing his last game, on 24 January 1980, Anderson went on a training run in

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. He never returned from his run, and his body was found one week later having drowned at some point between this time. His exact date of death was never discovered.

Honours

;Norwich City *1971–72

Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third ti ...

winner (level 2) *1972–73

runner-up :''All honours referenced by:''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Terry 1944 births 1980 deaths Accidental deaths in England Deaths by drowning in the United Kingdom Sportspeople from Woking English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Arsenal F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Baltimore Comets players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players English Football League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players People from Caister-on-Sea English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States English expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Norfolk