Thomas Linton "Cowboy" Anderson (July 9, 1910 – September 15, 1971) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League between 1934 and 1942 for the Detroit Red Wings and the New York/Brooklyn Americans.
The Americans finished last in the NHL, but Anderson had 41 points to set the league record for a defenceman.
That was Anderson's last season in the NHL as he enlisted in the Canadian military at the onset of World War II.
[1] He was the last Hart Trophy winner to play for a non-Original Six team until 1973, when Bobby Clarke of the Philadelphia Flyers won the award.
Anderson, José Théodore, and Al Rollins are the only winners of the Hart Trophy who have not been selected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, and the only skater of the three.