title: Stan Anderson (Australian footballer)
text: # Stan Anderson (Australian footballer)
  
  Richard Stanley Anderson (26 July 1893 – 15 August 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of Robert Anderson (1855-1939), and Sarah Ann Anderson (1869-1955), née Hutchins (later Mrs. Peter Stephens), Richard Stanley Anderson was born at Queenscliff, Victoria on 26 July 1893.
  
  He married Doris Elizabeth Ryan (1891-1969) in 1938.
  
  ## Military service
  
  He served in the First AIF, suffering severe shell shock after being buried alive in an explosion in France in August 1916. He spent 128 days in hospital but later returned to active service before being discharged in April 1917.
  
  ## Football
  
  ### Williamstown (VFA)
  
  He played 45 games (scoring 2 goals) for the Williamstown Football Club over three seasons (1913 to 1915).
  
  ### Essendon VFL
  
  His only senior match for the Essendon Football Club, was against Fitzroy, at the Brunswick Street Oval on 17 May 1919.
  
  ### Williamstown (VFA)
  
  He was cleared from Essendon to the Williamstown Football Club in June 1919, and went on to play a further 24 senior games (scoring 2 goals) over three seasons (1919 to 1921).
  
  ## Death
  
  He died at Middle Park, Victoria on 15 August 1953.
  
  