Duggan Anderson

Duggan Anderson
Personal information
Full name	Douglas David Anderson
Date of birth	(1924-09-21)21 September 1924
Place of birth	Witchcliffe, Western Australia
Date of death
Place of death	Murdoch, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Swan Districts juniors
Position(s)	Centre half-back
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1945–1956	Swan Districts	210 (32)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1946–1952	Western Australia	6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956 season.
Career highlights
Swan Districts best and fairest 1948, 1950, 1952 Swan Districts captain 1951, 1952 Swan Districts life member 1955 Swan Districts Team of the Century (named 2000) West Australian Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2011)

Douglas David "Duggan" Anderson (21 September 1924 – 7 December 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Swan Districts Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL), and later served in a variety of administrative roles at the club. He suffered a terrible accident on his family's farm in January 1947 and lost all the fingers on his left hand. Anderson not only recovered to play football again but also played the first game of the 1947 season. Duggan was a noted defender and mostly played a centre half back where he was a solid contributor. In the Swan Districts Team of the Century Anderson is listed on the interchange bench. After retiring as a player Anderson remained involved in the club serving as a club committee member and club president.

He was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011.