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Also known as Vivian Alexander "Viv" Anderson

English footballer (born 1956)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • First Among Unequals
  • Access, class and higher education

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Film & TV

Acting · Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Known for

  • Local Heroes — Self2023
  • Icons of Football — Self - Interviewed Guest2023
  • John Barnes: Poetry in Motion — Self2018
  • I Believe in Miracles — Himself2015
  • First Among Equals: The Laurie Cunningham Story — Self2013
  • Match of the Day 2 — Pundit2004
  • Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002 — Self (Full-back 1987-91)2002
  • Black Flash: A Century of Black Footballers in Britain — Self

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1947-09-26
Active to
2015-07-30
americancountrycountry popcountry singernashville sound

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
31

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Viv+Anderson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

1h-index
Works
1
Cited by
22

Research areas

BusinessEngineeringPhysicsInternal medicinePhilosophy

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Key facts

1978
England U21
Full name
Vivian Alexander Anderson
Date of birth
( 1956-07-29 ) 29 July 1956 (age 69)
Place of birth
Clifton, Nottingham , England
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)
Position
Right-back
Years
Team
1974 1984
Nottingham Forest
1984 1987
Arsenal
1987 1991
Manchester United
1991 1993
Sheffield Wednesday
1993 1994
Barnsley
1994 1995
Middlesbrough
1978 1980
England B
1978 1988
England

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Right-Back
Nationality
United Kingdom

via TheSportsDB

~12 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Vivian Alexander Anderson MBE (born 29 July 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is best known for his ten-year stint with Nottingham Forest, with whom he won the First Division title in 1978, as well as the European Cup in 1979 and 1980.

In 1978, he became the first black footballer to play for England's senior men's national team, and from 1980 to 1988, was selected in the England squad for four major tournaments. He also had a short-lived managerial career with Barnsley, before joining Middlesbrough as assistant manager to Bryan Robson, where he remained until 2001.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viv Anderson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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