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{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1972)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
|name=Kelvin Anderson
|image=
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1972|2|4}}
|birth_place=[[South Bend, Indiana]], U.S.
|death_date=
|death_place=
|number=32
|import=yes 
|position1=Running back
|College=[[Southeast Missouri State]]
| career_highlights    =
* 2× [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[86th Grey Cup|1998]], [[89th Grey Cup|2001]])
* 2× [[Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy]] ([[1998 CFL season|1998]], [[2001 CFL season|2001]])
* 2× [[Eddie James Memorial Trophy]] (2000, 2001)
* [[CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award|CFL Rookie of the Year]] ([[1996 CFL season|1996]])
* [[Jackie Parker Trophy]] ([[1996 CFL season|1996]])
* 3× CFL All-Star ([[1998 CFL season#1998 CFL All-Stars|1998]], [[1999 CFL season#1999 CFL All-Stars|1999]], [[2001 CFL season#2001 CFL All-Stars|2001]])
* 5× [[CFL West]] All-Star ([[1997 CFL season#1997 CFL All-Stars|1997]]–[[2001 CFL season#2001 CFL All-Stars|2001]])
|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1996}}–{{CFL Year|2002}}
|playing_team1=[[Calgary Stampeders]]
|playing_years2=2001
|playing_team2=[[San Francisco Demons]]
|playing_years3={{CFL Year|2003}}
|playing_team3=[[BC Lions]]
|CFHOF=kelvin-anderson
|CFHOFYear=2017
}}
'''Kelvin Anderson''' (born February 4, 1972) is an American former professional [[gridiron football|football]] player. As a [[running back]], he rushed for over 1,000 yards in eight consecutive seasons in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL), a league record. He won the CFL's [[Grey Cup]] championship twice, as a member of the [[Calgary Stampeders]], in [[1998 Grey Cup|1998]] and [[2001 Grey Cup|2001]].

Anderson played football at New Madrid County Central High School. He played college football at [[Southeast Missouri State]] where he earned the nickname "Earthquake". Anderson's eight consecutive 1,000 yard seasons began in [[1996 CFL season|1996]] with the [[Calgary Stampeders]]. In 2000, he played in 15 games for Calgary, and ran for 1,048 yards and scored six touchdowns. He caught 34 passes for 283 yards and two touchdowns, and captured the [[Eddie James Memorial Trophy]] as the Western Division's top rusher. In [[2001 CFL season|2001]] he was named a Western All-Star for the fifth consecutive season, and was named a CFL All-Star for the third time in his career, and ran for a career-high 1,383 yards and six touchdowns. Anderson also caught 48 passes for 433 yards and nine touchdowns. Anderson also played in the only [[XFL (2001)|XFL]] season in 2001 for the [[San Francisco Demons]], leading the team in rushing with 228 yards.

Anderson had played all of his CFL career with the Calgary Stampeders when he was released by them prior to the [[2003 CFL season|2003 season]] in favor of [[Lawrence Phillips]]. Anderson signed with the [[BC Lions]], following head coach and general manager [[Wally Buono]] who had also been let go by Calgary. With the Lions in 2003, he rushed for over 1,000 yards for the eighth consecutive season, setting a league record. He retired just prior the [[2004 CFL season]]. [https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=85188] [[Antonio Warren]] succeeded him as the Lions' starting running back.

Anderson was inducted to the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] in 2017.<ref name="CFHF">{{Cite web |date=23 March 2017 |title=Canadian Football Hall of Fame Class of 2017 Features All-Time Leaders, Big-Time Builders |url=https://cfhof.ca/2017/03/23/canadian-football-hall-of-fame-class-of-2017-features-all-time-leaders-big-time-builders/ |access-date=4 May 2017 |website=Canadian Football Hall of Fame}}</ref>

== Career regular season rushing statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" border=0 style="background: #FFFFFF;"
! Year !! Team !! GP !! Rush !! Yards !! Y/R !! Lg !! TD
|-
| {{CFL Year|1996}} || [[Calgary Stampeders]] || 18 || 240 || 1,068 || 4.5 || 49 || 10
|-
| {{CFL Year|1997}} || Calgary Stampeders || 18 || 246 || 1,088 || 4.4 || 34 || 9
|-
| {{CFL Year|1998}} || Calgary Stampeders || 18 || 236 || 1,325 || 5.6 || 44 || 9
|-
| {{CFL Year|1999}} || Calgary Stampeders || 18 || 262 || 1,308 || 5.0 || 39 || 8
|-
| {{CFL Year|2000}} || Calgary Stampeders || 18 || 203 || 1,048 || 5.2 || 49 || 6
|-
| {{CFL Year|2001}} || Calgary Stampeders || 17 || 262 || 1,383 || 5.3 || 46 || 6
|-
| ''[[XFL (2001)|2001]]'' || ''[[San Francisco Demons]]'' || - || 53 || 231 || 4.4 || 39 || 1
|-
| {{CFL Year|2002}} || Calgary Stampeders || 18 || 221 || 1,074 ||4.9 || 40 || 4
|-
| {{CFL Year|2003}} || [[BC Lions]] || 17 || 188 || 1,048 || 5.6 || 52 || 6
|-
|  || '''''CFL Totals''''' || '''188''' || '''1858''' || '''9340''' || '''5.0''' || '''52''' || '''58'''
|}

==References==
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{{CFL MORs}}
{{Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy}}
{{86th Grey Cup}}
{{89th Grey Cup}}
{{Canadian Football Hall of Fame members}}

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