Frederick Anderson (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 17 November 1855 | ||
| Date of death | 5 January 1940 (aged 84) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1872 | Clydesdale | 0 [note 1] | (0) |
| 1872–1873 | Queen's Park | 0 [note 1] | (0) |
| 1873– | Clydesdale | 0 [note 1] | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1874 | Scotland | 1 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
| Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council | |
|---|---|
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In office 1898–1899 | |
| Preceded by | James S. Fearon |
| Succeeded by | E. A. Hewett |
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In office 1904–1906 | |
| Preceded by | William George Bayne |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Holliday |
Frederick Anderson (1855–1940) was a Scottish football player and businessman.
Life and career
Anderson was born on 17 November 1855 in Scotland, to James Anderson.[1] He was educated at The Glasgow Academy.
Anderson played as a forward for Clydesdale, Queen's Park and represented the Scotland national team once, in an 1874 friendly match against England. He scored Scotland's first goal in a 2–1 win.[2][3] He also played in the first ever Scottish Cup Final, which his Clydesdale team lost 2–0 to his former club, Queen's Park in 1874.
Anderson moved to Shanghai in the early 1880s to join Messrs Holliday, Wise & Co.. At the beginning of 1890 he joined Messrs Ilbert & Co and by 1909 had become the principal partner of the firm.[4]
Anderson served on the Shanghai Municipal Council for eight years from 1892 to 1897. The Municipal Council was the body that ran the Settlement. He was elected Chairman in 1899 and from 1904 to 1906, He was the local chairman of the China Association
In 1898-99 and 1908-9.[5] Shanghai Rugby Club chose Frederick Anderson as President in 1905.[6] He had previously played two games of rugby for the second Shanghai Football Club, once in January 1882 and then four years later in January 1886.
He left Shanghai in 1909 and returned to London.[7] In 1919, was serving as the chairman of the China Association in London[8] and in 1922
He was re-elected President of the association.[9] He died on 5 January 1940.[10]
Personal life
Anderson married Sophia Louisa Le Hunte Ward, daughter of Admiral T. Le Hunte Ward C.B. on 4 June 1896. They had two children Frederick Le Hunte Anderson, and Helen Sophia Anderson.[11]
Notes
- 1 2 3 The Scottish Football League did not commence play until the 1890–91 season.
References
- ↑ Who's Who in the Far East 1906; British Peerage
- ↑ Scottish Football Association
- ↑ Sat 07 Mar 1874 Scotland 2 England 1, London Hearts.
- ↑ North China Herald, May 15, 1909, p402
- ↑ North China Herald, May 15, 1909, p402
- ↑ North China Herald, 3 November 1905
- ↑ North China Herald, May 15, 1909, p378 and 402
- ↑ Canton Times, Feb 4, 1919, p6
- ↑ North China Herald, 16 Sept 1922, p801
- ↑ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition vol 1 p181 by Charles Mosley (1999) There is what is reported to be a gravestone of Anderson at the Soong Ching-ling Memorial Park in Shanghai. Find a Grave Memorial. This is most likely not Anderson's grave. He does not appear to have died in Shanghai.
- ↑ Who's Who in the Far East 1906; British Peerage
