Ian Anderson (died 2008) was a Scottish professional football defender.

Anderson began his professional career with Dundee F.C. in 1972 when he was sixteen. His debut with the first team came in August 1972. In December 1975, Dundee sent him to St. Johnstone F.C. In 1977, St. Johnstone sent him on loan to the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League. In 1978, the Rowdies traded the American rights to Anderson to the Houston Hurricane in exchange for draft picks. Houston then purchased his contract from St. Johnstone. That fall, the Houston Summit became a member of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The team was essentially the Houston Hurricane in an indoor guise. He was a 1978-1979 MISL All Star with Houston. He then began the 1979-1980 season with the Summit before being traded to the Buffalo Stallions. Despite the move, he was again a first team MISL All Star.^[1] When both the Hurricane and Summit collapsed in 1980, Anderson signed with the Cleveland Force of MISL. In December 1980, the Rowdies selected Anderson in the NASL Dispersal Draft which included players from the disbanded Hurricane. While the team wanted him for the NASL indoor season, he remained with the Force for the rest of the season, garning first team All Star honors.^[2] He returned to the Rowdies for the 1981 outdoor season before moving indoors permanently that fall with the Force. On January 6, 1982, the New Jersey Rockets purchased Anderson from the Force.^[3] In February 1982, Anderson replaced the fired Timo Liekoski as head coach of the New Jersey Rockets.^[4] In 1984-1985, he played for the Wichita Wings. In October 1985, he signed with the Canton Invaders of the American Indoor Soccer Association.^[5] In 1986-1987, he coached the Kansas Argyles of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League.^[6]

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• NASL stats
• Career overview