Edwin John Anderson (1902 – 1987) was an American businessman and sports executive who held various positions with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) for nearly 40 years.

[2] The pair were married at the end of March 1928 and initially made their home in Vincennes, Indiana, where Anderson worked as advertising manager of a newspaper.

[12] In 1958, Anderson assumed the role of general manager after Nick Kerbawy left to take the same job with the Detroit Pistons of National Basketball Association.

[7] In 1960, Anderson lobbied to become Commissioner of the National Football League, but Detroit's representative at the owner's meeting, D. Lyle Fife, refused to vote for him.

[18] After his death, Anderson was eulogized in print by Detroit sportswriter George Puskas, who recalled: "Good ol' Andy — few really understood him; fewer still bothered to try.

He had an aristocratic bearing in a blue-collar town and it was his lot — his job — to be blamed for everything and credited for little, even as his team won three world championships in six years, in 1952, '53, and '57.