{{short description|American field hockey player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Beth Anders | image = | caption = | fullname = Elizabeth Anders | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 13, 1951}} | birth_place = Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Women's Field Hockey }} {{Medal|Country| the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition| Olympic Games }} {{MedalBronze| 1984 Los Angeles | Team competition}} }}
'''Elizabeth Rambo Anders''' (born November 13, 1951, in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey sweeper from the United States, who was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.phillyhall.org/inductee_profile.asp?ind=60 |title=Inductees: Beth Anders |publisher=Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame |accessdate=February 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519033006/http://www.phillyhall.org/inductee_profile.asp?ind=60 |archivedate=May 19, 2012 }}</ref> She attended Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timesherald.com/article/20120115/SPORTS02/120119717 |first=Tony |last=Ledora |title=Beth Anders announces unretirement |work=The Times Herald |date=January 15, 2012 |accessdate=February 19, 2012 |archive-date=May 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523012446/http://www.timesherald.com/article/20120115/SPORTS02/120119717 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the 1984 Summer Olympics she became the head coach of the USA National Women's Team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1993-07-24/sports/25977032_1_india-barbara-marois-field-hockey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110213259/http://articles.philly.com/1993-07-24/sports/25977032_1_india-barbara-marois-field-hockey |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 10, 2014 |first=Beth |last=Onufrak |title=U.s. Beats N. Zealand, Will Play For Cup Spot |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 24, 1993 |accessdate=February 19, 2012}}</ref> She also coached field hockey at Old Dominion University for 30 seasons, retiring in 2012.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Coaching legends headed to ODU Hall of Fame |url=http://hamptonroads.com/2014/08/coaching-legends-take-place-odu-hall-fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028175226/http://hamptonroads.com/2014/08/coaching-legends-take-place-odu-hall-fame |archive-date=2014-10-28 |work=The Virginian-Pilot}}</ref> At Old Dominion she coached more games (704) and achieved more wins (561) and NCAA titles (9) than anyone in Division I history, as well as becoming the first Division I coach to reach 500 victories in field hockey.<ref name="auto"/>
While at Old Dominion, Anders led the Lady Monarchs through 27 seasons at the NCAA tournament.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.odu.edu/news/news-archive/2012/01/LegendaryFieldH_30868#.WN10NxIrLR0|title=Legendary Field Hockey Coach Beth Anders Announces Her Retirement|website=Old Dominion University|language=en-us|access-date=2017-03-30}}</ref> She led that team to receive more honors or rewards than any other NCAA team in history. Since 1991, when the Lady Monarchs joined the league, under the tutelage of Anders, they played 17 times<ref name="auto1"/> in the NCAA Final Four.
She was inducted into the Ursinus College Hall of Fame for Athletics in 1986, the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989, the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000, the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007, and Old Dominion's Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phillyhall.org/inductee_profile.asp?ind%3D60 |title=Inductees|accessdate=2012-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519033006/http://www.phillyhall.org/inductee_profile.asp?ind=60 |archivedate=2012-05-19 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.phillyhall.org/inductees.asp?i=4|title=Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame|website=www.phillyhall.org}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/beth-anders-1.html |title=Beth Anders |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204092027/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/beth-anders-1.html |archivedate=2009-12-04}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anders, Beth}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Norristown, Pennsylvania Category:American women's field hockey players Category:Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in field hockey Category:Old Dominion Monarchs field hockey coaches Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:20th-century American sportswomen Category:Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School alumni