Sylvan Anderton

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Sylvan Anderton
Personal information
Full name Sylvan James Anderton [1]
Date of birth (1934-11-23) 23 November 1934 (age 90)
Place of birth Reading, Berkshire, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Reading
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1952–1959 Reading 155 (18)
1958–1961 Chelsea 76 (2)
1961–1962 Queens Park Rangers 4 (0)
Dover
Total235(20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sylvan James Anderton (born 23 November 1934) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers and Reading. [3]

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Early life

Anderton was born in Reading on 23 November 1934. [4] [5] He started playing football with Battle Athletic, a local amateur club which was later "adopted" by Reading. [6] In 1952, he signed as a centre forward for Reading, after scoring 43 goals in 27 matches for the club's junior team. [5]

Career

Anderton made his debut for the Reading senior team on 20 December 1952, the fifth local player to appear that season. [7] [4] He is a member of the Supporters' Trust at Reading Hall of Fame. [8] He played for Chelsea from 1959 [9] to 1963. [10] He also played for Queens Park Rangers [11] and Dover. [12]

Later life

Anderton later lived in Bideford in Devon. [10] He and his brother were plane spotters who assisted with the investigation into the disappearance of Glenn Miller. [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sylvan Anderton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sylvan Anderton profile page on Stamford-Bridge.com". stamford-bridge.com.
  3. ↑ Sylvan Anderton at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. 1 2 Sedunary, Alan (2003). Heaven on Earth: The Official History of Reading F.C. Yore Publications. p. 89. ISBN   1874427798.
  5. 1 2 "Villa's Norman Bullock is now with Chester". Sports Argus. 7 June 1952. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Reading F.C. – News for supporters". Wokingham Times. 16 January 1953. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Reading F.C. – News for supporters". Wokingham Times. 24 December 1952. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ FC, Reading (27 September 2022). "26 names added to STAR's Hall of Fame". Reading FC.
  9. ↑ "Cheerio, Sylvan! Reading were right to sell". Reading Standard. 20 March 1959. p. 16. Retrieved 14 May 2024– via British Newspaper Archive. Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  10. 1 2 Smith, Kathryn (12 January 2012). "Logbook sheds light on Glenn Miller mystery". North Devon Journal. ProQuest   915775710 . Retrieved 22 April 2024– via ProQuest.
  11. ↑ "Anderton is another shrewd Stock buy". Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette. 25 January 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 14 May 2024– via British Newspaper Archive. Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  12. ↑ Sylvan Anderton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  13. ↑ "Glenn Miller clue found in Reading plane-spotter's log". 11 January 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ↑ Aspinall, Adam (20 December 2017). "Teenager's diary may finally explain 70-year-old mystery of Glenn Miller's death". The Mirror.


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