 Anderson akatambira University of Minnesota kubvira muna 1951 kusvika muna 1954, uye aiva nhengo yechikwata cheHockey cheU.S. chakahwina menduru yesirivha kumaOlympics eZhizha a1956. Nguva refu pashure pokunge basa rake riri muchando rapera, akasarudzwa neMinnesota Fighting Saints mukutanga kweWorld Hockey Association draft ya1972, mune zvaionekwa sechiziviso chekushambadzira. Kuti asava muduku, rimwe boka reWHA rakasarudza Mutungamiriri weSoviet Alexei Kosygin. Kunyange zvazvo akafara, Anderson akasarudza kuramba ari gavhuna. 