Graeme F. Anderson
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Graeme F. Anderson is a former Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL) during the 1960s.

Anderson is the son of Carlton premiership winning player Frank Anderson
Frank Anderson (footballer)
Frank Anderson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL.Anderson started his career as a forward but played most of his football in defence. He was a premiership player with Carlton in 1938 and a Victorian interstate representative in 1941...

. Like his father, Anderson played as a defender, mostly on the half back flanks or at full-back.

He helped Carlton reach the 1962 VFL Grand Final
1962 VFL Grand Final
The 1962 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1962. It was the 66th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...

by taking two important marks late in the preliminary final, which they won by just five points. In the Grand Final he played as a half back flanker and finished on the losing team.

After playing eight games in the 1968 home and away season, Anderson finished the year in the reserves and missed out on a Carlton premiership, secured with a grand final win over Essendon.
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