DOB: 31 January 1942
Died: 1 April 2020
Debut: Round 4, 1963 against Fitzroy at MCG
Last Game: Round 3, 1969 against Collingwood at Victoria Park
From: Scotch College/University Blacks
Number: 11 (1963-1969)
Honours:
Premiership player - 1964
Victoria state representative - 1964
Games: 75
Goals: 2
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 46 | 0 | 29 | 61.33 |
Thomas Garfield "Tony" Anderson was pursued by Melbourne for several years before they signed him. Once he arrived, the pacy half-back flanker played 14 games in his first season and was selected for Victoria in 1964. That year he played half-back flank for the premiership side despite injuring his knee in the round 17 win over Hawthorn. He was troubled by the injury through the 1964 finals series, and the injury persisted into the 1965 pre-season. The mystery complaint made an equally mysterious recovery and he played in Round 1.
Anderson had played ten of eleven games for the year in 1965 when he fell from a horse during the club picnic to Marysville, developed a serious case of tetanus and missed the rest of the season.
He never played a full season again, with a knee injury restricting him to just five games in 1966 and thirty over his last three years. In the 1969 pre-season Anderson flagged that he was thinking about retiring, and after being married in the pre-season he played the first three games of the year before retiring.
After his career ended Anderson pursued a career in architecture and property development.
| Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
| 1963 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 1966 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 1967 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Notes
Age 02/04/1962 shows his origin as University Blues
Media
Age - 30/03/1962, 24/02/1965, 19/07/1965, 21/07/1965, 12/03/1969, https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/129399/tony-garfield-anderson/03/04/2020
Goulburn Valley Footballer - 06/07/1963
melbournefc.com.au - melbournefc.com.au - 06/04/2020
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