Syd Anderson

Syd Anderson
Anderson (centre) with other members of his RAAF squadron
Personal information
Birth 3 January 1918
Height and weight 183 cm / 73 kg
Death 20 May 1944(1944-05-20) (aged 26),
Wewak, New Guinea
Playing career¹
Team(s)

Melbourne (1939–41)

  • 52 games 12 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1941 season
Career highlights
  • Triple premiership player, 1939–41
  • Melbourne's Most Improved Player, 1940
  • Melbourne's Most Consistent Player, 1941

Sydney Louis Anderson (3 January 1918 – 20 May 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.

A wingman, Anderson was a premiership player in every one of his three VFL seasons.

Anderson enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941, reaching the rank of Flying Officer. He was killed in action in 1944.

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