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Rupert Anderson

Rupert Anderson

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club
Old Etonians F.C.
Club
England men's national association football team (1879–1879)
National team
England

Personal

Family life

Anderson went to Florida where he owned a number of orange groves; he would later become a fruit broker. He returned to England from Florida in March 1889 to marry Amy Harland, with whom he had five children. They returned to England and with the death of his elder brother he inherited Waverley Abbey House. While the house was used as a military hospital during the First World War, Anderson was commissioned in the 5th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment and also served with the Royal Air Force. He was the brother of William Joseph Anderson who scored the only goal in the 1882 FA Cup Final.

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Description

English footballer (1859-1944)

Position

goalkeeper

Extract from Wikipedia

Rupert Darnley Anderson OBE DL, was an English footballer who played for Old Etonians, as well as the England national side. He was later a fruit broker.

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