Tom Rankin
| Tom Rankin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Tom Rankin, Geelong footballer, 1905 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas Charles Rankin | ||
| Born |
3 May 1881 Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Died |
18 February 1958 (aged 76) Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1904–06 | Geelong | 47 (12) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Thomas Charles Rankin (3 May 1881 – 18 February 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His brother, Edwin (known as ‘Teddy’) and other members of the Rankin family also played for Geelong.
Rankin got off to a promising start in the 1904 and early 1905 seasons, but his career was compromised by serious injuries to his knee and kidney sustained during a match in May 1905. He married Adeline Harrison and raised a family of ten children. After football, he remained in Geelong where he worked as a gardener and greenkeeper.
Notes
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 730. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ↑ "R-Z - geelongcats.com.au". Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015..
- ↑ Geelong Advertiser, 8 May 1905, p. 2; Record, 13 May 1905, p. 3.
- ↑ J. and J. McDonald, Three William McDonalds, Canberra, 2010, pp. 91-93.
External links
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