Tam Anderson

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Tam Anderson
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born
Scotland
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event
Lightweight
ClubSchiltorn Club

Thomas "Tam" Anderson is a former international wrestler from Scotland who competed at three Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Anderson from Milngavie, Dunbartonshire, fought at lightweight [1] and won the Scottish freestyle title in 1966. [2]

Anderson represented the Scotland team [3] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in 68kg lightweight weight category, [4] where he was outpointed by Canadian Ray Lougheed. [5]

In 1967, as a member of the Schiltron Club and won the West of Scotland title. [6] Shortly afterwards he won the Scottish title [7] and was regarded as one of Scotland's best wrestlers. [8]

In 1970, living at 10 Braehead Avenue in Milngavie at the time, he went to a second Games, when selected for the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. [9]

By 1974 he had been the Scottish lightweight champion eight times, was the coach to the Milngavie Boys Wrestling Club and represented Scotland for the third time at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Bobby Skipper 60 Scots" . Daily Record. 13 June 1966. p. 18. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Wrestling Club" . John o' Groat Journal. 23 December 1966. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team" . The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 17 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Early Blow" . Daily Record. 11 August 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Wrestling Club" . Caithness Courier. 22 February 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Wrestling" . Milngavie and Bearsden Herald. 7 April 1967. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Wrestling" . Caithness Courier. 8 November 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Five locals in Scots team book" . Milngavie and Bearsden Herald. 17 July 1970. p. 7. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "New Zealand bound" . Milngavie and Bearsden Herald. 11 January 1974. p. 7. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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