George Anderson | |
Birth Date: | 1953 12, df=y |
Birth Place: | Port Glasgow, Scotland |
Position: | Central defender |
Clubs1: | Port Glasgow |
Years2: | 1969–1981 |
Years3: | 1981–1985 |
Years4: | 1985–1987 |
Clubs2: | Morton |
Clubs3: | Airdrieonians |
Clubs4: | Morton |
Caps2: | 261 |
Caps3: | 104 |
Caps4: | 19 |
Totalcaps: | 384 |
Goals2: | 19 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Totalgoals: | 22 |
Nationalyears1: | 1973[1] |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland U23 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
George Anderson (born 25 December 1953) is a Scottish former footballer.
Anderson played as a defender for Morton from 1969 to 1981, and from 1985 to 1987.[2] He is 10th on the club's post-WWII list of appearances with 342 in all competitions.[3] He was selected by then Scotland manager Tommy Docherty for a South American tour with the senior Scottish squad prior to the 1974 World Cup. On 1 December 2017, Anderson was inducted to the Greenock Morton Hall of Fame.