| Jack Anderson | |
| Fullname: | John Yates Anderson |
| Birth Date: | 29 October 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Beechworth, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Traralgon |
| Height: | 180 cm |
| Weight: | 82.5 kg |
| Statsend: | 1939 |
| Years1: | 1932–1933 |
| Club1: | Richmond |
| Games Goals1: | 9 (2) |
| Years2: | 1935–1939 |
| Club2: | North Melbourne |
| Games Goals2: | 59 (10) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 68 (12) |
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John Yates Anderson (29 October 1908 – 25 May 1958)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1932 and 1933 for the Richmond Football Club and from 1935 to 1939 for the North Melbourne Football Club. Jack Anderson is the father of former radio announcer John Anderson.
A fireman by profession, Anderson collapsed and died while supervising salvage operations at the scene of a fire on the corner of Hardware Lane and Lonsdale Street in the Melbourne Central Business District on 25 May 1958.[2]