Duggan Anderson

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Duggan Anderson
Personal information
Full name	Douglas David Anderson
Date of birth	(1924-09-21)21 September 1924
Place of birth	Witchcliffe, Western Australia
Date of death	7 December 2012(2012-12-07) (aged 88)^[1]
Place of death	Murdoch, Western Australia
Original team	Swan Districts juniors
Position(s)	Centre half-back
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1945–1956	Swan Districts	210 (32)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1946–1952	Western Australia	6 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1956 season.
Career highlights
Swan Districts best and fairest 1948, 1950, 1952 Swan Districts captain 1951, 1952 Swan Districts life member 1955 Swan Districts Team of the Century (named 2000) West Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2011)

Douglas David "Duggan" Anderson (21 September 1924 – 7 December 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Swan Districts Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL), and later served in a variety of administrative roles at the club. He suffered a terrible accident on his family's farm in January 1947 and lost all the fingers on his left hand. Anderson not only recovered to play football again but also played the first game of the 1947 season.^[2] Duggan was a noted defender and mostly played a centre half back where he was a solid contributor.^[3] In the Swan Districts Team of the Century Anderson is listed on the interchange bench. After retiring as a player Anderson remained involved in the club serving as a club committee member and club president.^[4]

He was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011.^[5]

References

↑ "> Club News | Duggan Anderson Passes Away". Swan Districts FC. 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
↑ "Access TV 31 WAFL Legends". 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
↑ 'Duggan'%20Anderson%20(Swan%20Districts) "Full Points Footy – Duggan Anderson". 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
↑ "Swan Districts Football Club History". 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
↑ "2011 WA Football Hall of Fame induction". 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-01.

v t e Swan Districts Football Club – Team of the Century

FB Melrose Lawson Murray

HB Nowotny Castledine Bagley

C P. Narkle Baker Krepp

HF Manning Sidebottom Richardson

FF Bunton Holdsworth Boucher

R Slater Nesbit Walker

I Mullooly Holden K. Narkle Anderson Langsford Holmes Beecroft

Coach Todd

Persondata
Name	Anderson, Douglas David
Alternative names	Anderson, Duggan
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	21 September 1924
Place of birth	Witchcliffe, Western Australia, Australia
Date of death	7 December 2012
Place of death	Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

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