Carl Anderson

Carl Henry "Buttercup" Anderson


Born:
November 16, 1913 
Middletown, IN

Died:
July 30, 2001
Nashville, TN 

Career
1935-36 USC (College)
1936-37 USC (College)
1937-38 USC (College)
1938-39 Indianapolis Kautskys (NBL)
1940-41 Hammond Ciesar All-Americans (NBL) - Player / coach
1946-47 NC State University (College) Assistant coach
1947-48 NC State University (College) Assistant coach
1948-49 NC State University (College) Assistant coach
1949-50 NC State University (College) Assistant coach
1950-51 NC State University (College) Assistant coach
1951-52 NC State University (College) Assistant coach
1952-53 NC State University (College) Assistant coach
1953-54 NC State University (College) Assistant coach

1954-55 NC State University (College) Assistant coach


Another player with minimal information when I started.
The "Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches" by Jeff Marcus gave me his birthdate and a little bio information. While playing at USC, Anderson was part of a starting line-up that featured all native Indianans. Served in the US Navy during World War 2. With the birthdate and middle initial, I found his grave:
Grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=anderson&GSfn=carl&GSby=1913&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=72198832&df=all&
"Butter" Anderson was born in 1913 to Carl (1883-1951) and Estella Anderson (1880-1961). He married Harriett Ann Biggs (1918-2005) and had a daughter, Kristen Anderson (1943-1969), and a son, John. Kristen was killed in the crash of Allegheny Flight 853 on September 9, 1969.


Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/a/anderca01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=anderca01