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Rupert Darnley
Anderson Profile |
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Full
name |
Rupert Darnley
Anderson OBE |
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Born |
29 April 1859
in Liverpool |
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Died |
23 December
1944 |
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Height/Weight |
- |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Attended Eton
College and Cambridge University. Played with the Old Etonians also. |
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Club honours |
Missed the 1879
FA Cup Final because of injury. |
| Individual
honours |
- |
|
Distinctions |
- |
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England Career |
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Player
number |
One of
six who became the 57th players to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper; but
was generally a forward for his club. |
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First match |
No. 7, 2 March
1878, Scotland 7 England 2, friendly match at
Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow.
Aged 19 years 264 days. Match lasted only sixty minutes. |
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Last match |
No. 7, 2 March
1878, Scotland 7 England 2, friendly match at
Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow.
Aged 19 years 264 days. Match lasted only sixty minutes. |
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Major
tournaments |
None. |
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Team honours |
None. |
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Individual
honours |
None. |
|
Distinctions |
None. |
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Beyond
England |
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Worked as an orange
planter in Florida for some time, residing in Staffordshire and Surrey
when he returned to England. Anderson was awarded the OBE in World War I
for services to the Territorial Army and Air Force. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1971). Hatton Press, p.11. |
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