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Frederick Anderson (1855–1940) was a Scottish football player and businessman. ==Life and career== Anderson was born November 17, 1855 in Scotland, to James Anderson.〔Who's Who in the Far East 1906; British Peerage〕 Anderson played as a forward for Clydesdale, Queen's Park and represented the Scotland national team once, in an 1874 friendly match against England. He scored Scotland's first goal in a 2–1 win.〔(Scottish Football Association )〕〔(Sat 07 Mar 1874 Scotland 2 England 1 ), London Hearts.〕 He also played in the first ever Scottish Cup Final, which his Clydesdale team lost 2–0 to his former club, Queen's Park in 1874. Anderson moved to Shanghai in the early 1880s to join Messrs Holliday, Wise & Co.. At the beginning of 1890 he joined Messrs Ilbert & Co and by 1909 had become the principal partner of the firm.〔North China Herald, May 15, 1909, p402〕 Anderson served on the Shanghai Municipal Council for eight years from 1892 to 1897. The Municipal Council was the body that ran the Settlement. He was elected Chairman in 1899 and from 1904 to 1906, He was the local chairman of the China Association In 1898-99 and 1908-9.〔North China Herald, May 15, 1909, p402〕 Shanghai Rugby Club chose Frederick Anderson as President in 1905.〔North China Herald, 3 November 1905〕 He had previously played two games of rugby for the second Shanghai Football Club, once in January 1882 and then four years later in January 1886. He left Shanghai in 1909 and returned to London.〔North China Herald, May 15, 1909, p378 and 402〕 In 1919, was serving as the chairman of the China Association in London〔Canton Times, Feb 4, 1919, p6〕 and in 1922 He was re-elected President of the association.〔North China Herald, 16 Sept 1922, p801〕 He died on 5 January 1940.〔Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition vol 1 p181 by Charles Mosley (1999) There is what is reported to be a gravestone of Anderson at the Soong Ching-ling Memorial Park in Shanghai. (Find a Grave Memorial ). This is most likely not Anderson's grave. He does not appear to have died in Shanghai.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick Anderson (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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