- In 1944, Anderson purchased a 35-acre farm in Thompson Ridge, Orange County, New York.
- In the mid-1920s, Anderson was found guilty of beating his wife and placed on parole. Failing to report to his probation officer, he was sentenced to three days in the workhouse.
- According to a 1917 newspaper story, boxer Anderson had over 300 fights "and only went out three times.".
- A 1912 New York newspaper said that Anderson had the state-wide reputation of being "the handsomest man in the ring.".
- In his boxing days, he was nicknamed "The Battling Swede.".
- According to Hollywood columnist Dan Thomas, Anderson arrived in the movie capitol circa 1930, "broke and out of a job. Odd jobs picked up here and there enabled him to eke out a precarious existence. Occasionally he was able to get a day's work as an extra.".
- A 1921 newspaper called Anderson "The Battling Chauffeur" and said that he had once been "one of the most formidable middleweight boxers in these parts.".
- In the jailbreak scene in "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" (1932), Anderson (playing a prisoner) and Fireman Jim Flynn (playing a guard) had a hand-to-hand fight. They had previously battled in an Oklahoma fight ring circa 1917, with Flynn coming out on top.
- Boxer Anderson once knocked out Jack Dempsey.
- Born circa 1884.
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