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Key Facts

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)

Graeme Anderson

ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
CarltonV/AFL1961-19687900.0052%9.712.032.054
Total1961-19687900.0052%9.712.032.054

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

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.