Terence Keith "Terry" Anderson (11 March 1944 – c.

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 24 January 1980) was an English

England

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  professional footballer who played for Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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, Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

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, Colchester United

Colchester United F.C.

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, Baltimore Comets

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, Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe United F.C.

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 and Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra F.C.

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. He played as a right-winger.

Career

Born in Woking

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, Anderson began his career with Arsenal, for whom he signed as a professional in 1961. He won caps for the England

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 youth team, before making his first-team debut on March 2, 1963 against West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

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. However, with other wingers such as George Armstrong

George Armstrong (footballer)

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, Johnny MacLeod

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 and Alan Skirton

Alan Skirton

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 at the club, Anderson found first-team opportunities limited; he played only 26 games and scored 7 goals for Arsenal in two years. He joined Norwich in February 1965 and was there for nine years. He was a key member of the team that won the club promotion to the First Division

Football League First Division

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 for the first time in the club's history in 1971-72

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, and that reached the final of the Football League Cup

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 in 1973. After leaving Norwich, he had a series of short spells with other clubs.

The exact date of Anderson's death is not known. He went for a training run in Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth

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 on 24 January 1980 and was found drowned a week later.

Honours

• Second Division
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   Championship 1971-72
  1971-72 in English football
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External links

• Photo and stats at sportingheroes.net
• Baltimore Comets stats

Sources

• Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7