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New Zealand wrestler (1904–1986)

BirthnameTorsten Reinhold Andersson

Born(1904-02-09)9 February 1904
Sollefteå, Sweden

Died19 December 1986(1986-12-19) (aged 82)
Christchurch, New Zealand

Spouse

Irene Cory

(m. 1934)

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) Christchurch, New Zealand
Spouse	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.

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 in Christchurch on 19 December 1986,^[8] and he was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch.^[9]

References

↑ "Death search: registration number 1986/47765". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
↑ "Sweden, indexed birth records, 1859–1943". Ancestry.com Operations. 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
1 2 "Amateur wrestling test". Evening Post. 17 April 1937. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
↑ "New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
↑ "Torsten Anderson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
↑ "Results for the 1938 British Empire Games – Wrestling – Freestyle – 90kg – Men". Retrieved 11 October 2017.
↑ "Empire Games: New Zealand team". The Advocate. 7 January 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
↑ "Deaths". The Press. 23 December 1986. p. 35. Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via PapersPast.
↑ "Cemeteries database". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

v t e 1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
Athletics	Theo Allen Arnold Anderson Pat Boot Betty Forbes Alan Geddes Stan Lay Jim Leckie Doreen Lumley Cecil Matthews Mary Mitchell Jack Morgan Bill Pullar Graham Quinn Alan Sayers Frank Sharpley Doris Strachan Rona Tong Harold Tyrie
Boxing	Joseph Collins Darcy Heeney Kenneth Moran Jack Parker Hugh Sheridan Artie Sutherland Ron Withell
Cycling	John Brown George Giles Frank Grose Gordon Patrick Roy Taylor Ronald Triner Ron Ulmer
Diving	Gwen Rix
Lawn bowls	Bill Bremner Walter Denison Ernie Jury Frank Livingstone Lance Macey Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker
Rowing	Howard Benge Ken Boswell George Burns John Charters Jim Clayton Oswald Denison James Gould Albert Hope Gus Jackson Les Pithie John Rigby Bob Smith Cyril Stiles William Stodart Rangi Thompson
Swimming	Noel Crump Jack Davies Winnie Dunn Peter Hanan Mona Leydon Joyce Macdonald Len Newell
Wrestling	Torsten Anderson Jim Dryden Joe Genet Harcourt Godfrey Leo Nolan Jerry Podjursky Vernon Thomas
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