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Key Facts

Full name
John T. Anderson

Known as
Jack Anderson

Born
3 March 1909

Died
29 June 1982 (aged 73)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 22y 109d
Last game: 24y 183d

Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 82 kg

Senior clubs
St. Kilda; West Perth

Jumper numbers
St. Kilda: 25, 6

Recruited from
St. Kilda (1934)

Jack Anderson

ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
St. KildaV/AFL1931-193342461.1033%17.754.7514
West PerthWANFL1934-1936, 193871781.10
Total1931-1936, 19381131241.10

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 3,825th player to appear, 4,695th most games played, 2,164th most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 657th player to appear, 362nd most games played, 147th most goals kicked

Originally from Balldale, Jack Anderson was a capable utility who gave St Kilda consistently strong service between 1931 and 1933, during which he played 42 VFL games and kicked 46 goals. He represented Victoria at the 1933 Sydney carnival. The 1934 season saw him at West Perth where he enjoyed premiership success in his first season, an achievement duplicated in 1935. A Cardinals fairest and best award winner in 1934 he played 71 WANFL games and bagged 78 goals from 1934 to 1936 and in 1938. He also played interstate football for Western Australia.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; West Perth 1885-1985 by Brian Atkinson

Footnotes

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