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Full name
Graeme F. Anderson
Known as
Graeme Anderson
Born
6 April 1939
Died
7 November 2022 (aged 83)
Place of death
Mornington, VIC (3931)
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 22y 72d
Last game: 29y 119d
Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 78 kg
Senior clubs
Carlton
Jumper numbers
Carlton: 43, 26
Family links
Frank Anderson (Father)
Club | League | Career span | Games | Goals | Avg | Win % | AKI | AHB | AMK | BV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlton | V/AFL | 1961-1968 | 79 | 0 | 0.00 | 52% | 9.71 | 2.03 | 2.05 | 4 |
Total | 1961-1968 | 79 | 0 | 0.00 | 52% | 9.71 | 2.03 | 2.05 | 4 |
Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only
AFL: 7,285th player to appear, 3,056th most games played, 12,131st most goals kickedCarlton: 740th player to appear, 230th most games played, 1,150th most goals kicked
Like his father, 1938 Carlton premiership player Frank Anderson, Graeme Anderson was a highly dependable defender for the Blues. Early in his Carlton career he was deployed at full back but he really came into his own after being moved out to a half back flank.
Between 1961 and 1968 Anderson played 79 VFL games for the Blues without scoring a goal. He was somewhat unfortunate in that he fell out of favour with the selectors on the eve of a 1968 finals series from which Carlton would emerge triumphant. Six years earlier he had been a member of the Blues team which had lost to Essendon, their victims of 1968, in the grand final.
Author - John Devaney