Beloit College

An outstanding athlete who achieved impressive credentials as an Illinois all-state performer in football, basketball, and golf at Rockford West High School, “Sour” Anderson earned his greatest collegiate acclaims as a guard on the hardcourt.  He became highly regarded for his coordination, natural ability, leadership, and ball-handling skills as a four-year regular on Beloit teams which recorded 100 victories while losing only 15 games.  Coached by Hall of Honor member Dolph Stanley, Anderson and his teammates won 30 of 40 contests – and 30 in a row – on the way to four successive Midwest Conference championships, and they made three appearances in the prestigious NAIB Tournament in Kansas City, capturing third place in 1949.  A three-time all-conference selection and a Little All-American, Anderson scored 814 points as a collegian and lettered twice each in football and golf.  He later competed on the Fort Leonard Wood basketball team and won Most Valuable Player honors in the 5th Army Tournament; he also was a member of the Caterpillar Tractor Company’s AAU champions.  Anderson is currently employed as a regional sales manager in the Cleveland office of the Gardner Machine Company.