Frederick Edmund "Fuzzy" Anderson (born 29 August 1929) is an Irish former international rugby union player.
| Full name | Frederick Edmund Anderson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 August 1929 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Queen's University Belfast | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Belfast, Anderson was a forward who could play a variety of positions.[1]
Anderson played his club rugby with Coleraine, Queen's University and North of Ireland.[2]
Capped 13 times by Ireland, Anderson debuted in their 1953 Five Nations campaign and featured against the touring All Blacks in 1954. He was selected on the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa, but had to withdraw due to a health condition, which also brought about his retirement.[3][4]
Anderson immigrated to Australia.[5]
In 2019, Anderson was named in the Queen's University Greatest XV.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Excellent loose forward". Northern Whig. 12 January 1952.
- ^ "Anderson out of tour side - and rugby". Belfast Telegraph. 4 April 1955.
- ^ "F. E. Anderson out of South African tour XV". Northern Whig. 5 April 1955.
- ^ "50 years on from painful international baptism". Irish Independent. 6 March 2005.
- ^ "Coleraine brochure says it all". Ireland's Saturday Night. 27 February 1982.
- ^ "Queen's Rugby name Greatest Ever XV on special anniversary". Belfast News-Letter. 22 November 2019.
External links
edit- Fuzzy Anderson at ESPNscrum