Torsten Anderson

Tom Anderson
Personal information
Birth name Torsten Reinhold Andersson
Born (1904-02-09)9 February 1904
Sollefteå, Sweden
Died 19 December 1986(1986-12-19) (aged 82)
Spouse(s)
Irene Cory (m. 1934)
Sport
Country New Zealand
Sport Wrestling

Torsten Reinhold "Tom" Anderson (né Andersson, 9 February 1904 – 19 December 1986) was a New Zealand wrestler who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.

Biography

Born in Sollefteå, Sweden, on 9 February 1904, Anderson was the son of Johan Reinhold Andersson and Fanny Sofia Hägglund.[1][2]

Anderson began wrestling in 1925 when he met Anton Koolmann at the latter's newly established wrestling school in Sydney, Australia.[3] The pair would later reconnect in Wellington after both had moved to New Zealand.[3]

Anderson became a naturalised New Zealand citizen on 12 January 1938,[4] less than a month before the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. At those games, he competed in the freestyle wrestling light-heavyweight (90 kg) division, finishing in fourth place.[5][6][7]

Anderson died on 19 December 1986, and he was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Death search: registration number 1986/47765". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sweden, indexed birth records, 1859–1943". Ancestry.com Operations. 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. 1 2 "Amateur wrestling test". Evening Post. 17 April 1937. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ "Torsten Anderson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Results for the 1938 British Empire Games – Wrestling – Freestyle – 90kg – Men". Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Empire Games: New Zealand team". The Advocate. 7 January 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cemeteries database". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 11 October 2017.


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