Clary Anderson

Clary Anderson
Biographical details
Born	July 7, 1911
Died	August 19, 1988 (aged 77)
Playing career
Football
1932–1934	Colgate
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1969–1975	Montclair State
Baseball
1970–1976	Montclair State
1977	Fairleigh Dickinson
Head coaching record
Overall	46–20–3 (college football); 170–73 (college baseball); 209–23–6 (high school football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 5 NJSAC (1969–1973)
Awards
	2× Third-team All-American (1932, 1933);

Clarence Oscar "Clary" Anderson (July 7, 1911 – August 19, 1988) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He was the head baseball and football coach for Montclair State University in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.

He was also coach of the Montclair High School ice hockey, basketball, and swimming teams. In the last seven years or of his career he coached the Montclair State College baseball and football teams.

Anderson graduated from Montclair High School (1930), Cook Academy (1931), and Colgate University (1935). He played quarterback for all three was one of the four best players in the undefeated 1932 Colgate University football team, named the “Four Horsemen”.

Anderson spent several years in the New York Giants baseball farm system and some time on the major league team. He then returned to New Jersey to coach. He coached at Blair Academy, and then at Montclair High School (1940-1969). In that time, Montclair High School won 16 Group IV football championships and 11 Newark News State Football Championships. Clary’s baseball teams were ten- time sectional champs and were the Greater Newark Tournament four-time champions and four-time runners up.

In his 27 years as coach, in football, his teams had a .878 winning percentage. In the five sports that he coached, his teams achieved an overall winning percentage of .768. At the end of his coaching career he had a 1039-297-22 record.

Anderson was the Athletic Director for many years at Montclair High School.

Anderson is remembered for the educational and leadership lessons he gave to hundreds of young men at the high school and college level.

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