Graeme Anderson is a former Australian rules football

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er who played for Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL).

Recruited from Victorian Football Association

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 (VFA) club Port Melbourne

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, Anderson was a tough forward who would occasionally play in the midfield as a ruck-rover.

Anderson missed the 1978 season after playing in both 1977 Grand Finals against North Melbourne

Kangaroos Football Club

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. He played in the 1979 Grand Final against Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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.

At the end of the 1980 season, Anderson's tenure with The Magpies ended, and after 71 VFL games, he returned to the Port Melbourne Football Club the following year.

Anderson's father Claude Anderson and brother Syd R. Anderson both also played in the VFL.