John Anderson (footballer born 1915)

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John Anderson
Personal information
Full name	John Curr Anderson
Date of birth	May 8, 1915
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Date of death	1987
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1933-1946 1946-1947	Stobswood Portsmouth Aldershot	80 (36)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Jock Anderson (born 1915, Dundee; died 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. The summit of his career was scoring one of the goals for Portsmouth in their 4-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1939 FA Cup Final.

He was the second John Anderson to play for Portsmouth, the first having joined the club in 1903.

[edit] Honours won

[edit] As a player

Portsmouth F.C.

• FA Cup winner 1939

[edit] References

• Mike Neasom, Mick Cooper & Doug Robinson (1984). Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club. Milestone Publications. ISBN 0-903852-50-0.