Bill Anderson (Australian coach)

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Bill Anderson (Australian coach) - Wikipedia

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Bill Anderson

Personal information

Full name

William Charles Anderson

Born

10 April 1948 (age 76)
Glebe, NSW, Australia

Coaching information

Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1980–82	South Sydney	71	34	3	34	48
1987	Balmain	25	14	1	10	56
	Total	96	48	4	44	50
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1988	NSW City	1	1	0	0	100

William Charles Anderson PSM (born 10 April 1948) is an Australian former cricket and rugby league coach.^[1]

Born and raised in the Sydney suburb of Glebe, Anderson's main sporting pedigree was in cricket and while attending Fort Street High School he captained the NSW Combined High Schools XI. He played in Sydney 1st grade cricket for Petersham-Marrickville, scoring four centuries. His 648 runs in 1974/75 contributed to the club winning the premiership and he finished only behind Bob Simpson in the competition's player of the season award.^[2]

Anderson served his rugby league coaching apprenticeship under Jack Gibson, first at Eastern Suburbs and then South Sydney, before succeeding his mentor as Rabbitohs head coach in 1980. He guided South Sydney to the finals during his maiden season and remained in charge for two further campaigns, then served as an assistant with the Bob Simpson-coached NSW cricket team, which he helped win a Sheffield Shield title before becoming head coach for a season in 1986–87.^[3] Returning to rugby league in 1987, Anderson coached Balmain to a fifth-place finish, after they were eliminated from the finals by his former club South Sydney. He was replaced at Balmain by Warren Ryan in 1988 and coached NSW City that year to a win over NSW Country.^[4]

In addition to coaching, Anderson was also involved in radio and television commentary during the 1980s and 1990s, including a period with Network 10. He was an educator and in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours list was awarded a Public Service Medal for his "public service to education in New South Wales". One of his coaching proteges in grade cricket was Usman Khawaja and he ended up working as the Test batsman's manager.^[5]

References

^ "NSW Sports Award honour". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 24 July 2023.
^ "Bill Anderson PSM". stumptostump.com. 28 April 2022.
^ "Anderson to coach NSW". The Canberra Times. 4 July 1986. p. 4 (Sport) – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Brilliant Canberra connection Daley and Ferguson fails to stop City might". The Canberra Times. 12 May 1988. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Khawaja mentor tips Test success". ABC News. 1 January 2011.

External links

Bill Anderson at Rugby League Project

Balmain Tigers head coaches

1908–13 Robert Graves
1914–15 Bill Kelly
1916–20 Arthur Halloway
1921–24 Charles Fraser
1925–29 Alf Fraser
1929 Reg Latta
1930 Norm Robinson
1930 Cec Fifield
1931 Reg Latta
1932 Charles Fraser
1933–34 George Robinson
1935–36 Joe Busch
1937 Harold Matthews
1938–43 Bill Kelly
1944–47 Norm Robinson
1948–50 Athol Smith
1951 Jim Duckworth
1952–53 Arthur Patton
1954–56 Norm Robinson
1957 Sid Ryan
1958–60 John O'Toole
1961–66 Harry Bath
1967–68 Keith Barnes
1969–73 Leo Nosworthy
1974 Alan Mason
1975–76 Paul Broughton
1977–79 Ron Willey
1980 Dennis Tutty
1981–86 Frank Stanton
1987 Bill Anderson
1988–90 Warren Ryan
1991–93 Alan Jones
1994–99 Wayne Pearce

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