Heather Anderson was an Australian Army soldier and Australian rules footballer. It’s unknown whether Heather Anderson had children.
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Adelaide selected Anderson with their second pick and tenth overall in the 2016 AFL Women’s draft.
She was a member of Adelaide’s premiership team after the club defeated Brisbane by six points in the AFL Women’s Grand Final at Metricon Stadium.
She dislocated her right shoulder during the grand final, necessitating her second surgery on the same shoulder within a year. The club announced in May that she had been delisted for the 2018 season due to a shoulder injury.
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Heather Anderson passed away on 14 November 2022. Her cause of death was not revealed. In a brief statement released on Monday, The Adelaide Crows club confirmed the 28-year-old passed away and expressed condolences to her family and friends.
Anderson rose to prominence in the AFLW because of her signature pink headgear, which she began wearing early in her career to helping her vision-impaired mother spot her on the field.


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