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Rupert
Anderson |
Old Etonians FC
1 cap,
1 goal against
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 2:
A 1
100% successful
1879
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 60 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Rupert Darnley
Anderson OBE |
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Born |
29 April 1859
in Liverpool [registered in West Derby, June 1859] |
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Notes |
Marriage
registered in Stafford, March 1889 [Does not appear in the 1881 census -
travelled to Florida?] |
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Died |
23 December
1944 |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Club Career |
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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. |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
six who became the 57th players to appear
for England. 9th
goalkeeper to appear. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper;
but was generally a forward for his club. |
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First & last match |
No. 8,
18 January 1879 - England 2 Wales 1, friendly match at The
Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London,
aged 19 years 264 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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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 (1990). Hatton Press, p.11. |
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