Advertisement. Advertise with us

IN MEMORIAM

Jim Anderson, 81, OHS Grad Played

On SU's 1959 Championship Team

OHS grad Jim Anderson, runningback on Syracuse's 1959 national champion football team, has passed away in Arizona.

ONEONTA – James Frazier Anderson, 81, of San Tan Valley, Ariz., the OHS graduate who went on to play on Syracuse University's 1959 national championship football team, passed away from colon cancer on Jan. 4, 2019.

Born at home in a farmhouse in Treadwell, he was the son of the late Elmer and Margaret Anderson.

Jim led an amazing life! He attended Oneonta High School, Class of 1955, where he excelled as an athlete and was inducted in the Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 6, 2007.

You have reached your limit of 3 free articles

To Continue Reading

 

Our hard-copy and online publications cover the news of Otsego County by putting the community back into the newspaper. We are funded entirely by advertising and subscriptions. With your support, we continue to offer local, independent reporting that is not influenced by commercial or political ties.

Posted

Tags

Related Articles

This Week: 04-16-26

Click here for individual access to all of this week's articles, columns, letters to the editor, etc., and to view the current newspaper editions online.…
April 16, 2026

This Week: 04-09-26

Click here for individual access to all of this week's articles, columns, letters to the editor, etc., and to view the current newspaper editions online.…
April 9, 2026

This Week: 03-26-26

Click here for individual access to all of this week's articles, columns, letters to the editor, etc., and to view the current newspaper editions online.…
March 26, 2026

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

For a limited time, new annual subscriptions to the hard copy of “The Freeman’s Journal” or “Hometown Oneonta” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or digital-only access to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice: Friends of the Feral-TNR, Super Heroes Humane Society, or Susquehanna Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

Visit our “subscribe” page and select your charity of choice at checkout

SUBSCRIBE