{{Short description|Australian rugby league player}} {{Infobox rugby league biography | name = Vic Anderson | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1886|05|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1970|05|10|1886|05|30|df=yes}} | death_place = | position = Forward |teamA = Queensland |yearAstart = 1908 |yearAend = 11 |appearancesA = 19 |triesA = 1 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 3 |teamB = Australia |yearBstart = 1909 |yearBend = |appearancesB = 2 |triesB = 0 |goalsB = 0 |fieldgoalsB = 0 |pointsB = 0 }} '''Vic Anderson''' (30 May 1886 – 10 May 1970) was an Australian rugby league player.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202392868 |title=Saturday's Football. |newspaper=Truth |date=20 June 1909 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
A strongly built forward, Anderson was part of a heavy Souths pack which contested the inaugural season of the Queensland Rugby League in 1909. He came to Souths from rugby union.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84135548 |title=Football Notes |newspaper=Queensland Figaro |date=20 May 1909 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Anderson was Australia's hooker for the second of three home internationals against New Zealand in 1909 and in the same year also appeared against a touring New Zealand Maori team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rugby league history: The all-time great alphabet teams – Letter A |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/02/24/rugby-league-history-the-all-time-great-alphabet-teams-letter-a/ |website=The Roar |date=23 February 2019}}</ref>
==See also== *List of Australia national rugby league team players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/vic-anderson/summary.html Vic Anderson] at Rugby League Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Vic}} Category:1886 births Category:1970 deaths Category:Australian rugby league players Category:Australia national rugby league team players Category:Queensland rugby league team players Category:Souths Logan Magpies players Category:Rugby league forwards