Cliff Rankin

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Cliff Rankin

Personal information
Full name	Cliff Rankin
Date of birth	4 December 1896
Date of death	12 February 1975(1975-02-12) (aged 78)
Place of death	Geelong
Original team	Chilwell
Height/Weight	175 cm, 69 kg
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1915, 1919–1928	Geelong	153 (400)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1925–1927	Geelong	57 (45)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1928 season.
Career highlights
Geelong captain-coach 1925–1927 14-time state representative 1925 Geelong premiership captain-coach 1921 VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal Four-time Geelong Leading Goalkicker (1920–1923) Geelong captain-coach 1925–1927 Geelong Team of the Century (Emergency)

Cliff Rankin (4 December 1896 – 12 February 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1915 to 1928.

Nicknamed "Ticker", his father Teddy and brother Bert both played football for Geelong as well.

Despite making his debut in 1915, Rankin never played a full season until 1920 due to World War I. Rankin kicked 48 goals in 1920 to finish the season as Geelong's top goal-kicker. The following season he again topped their goal-kicking with 63 goals which set a then club record for most ever goals in a season. It was also the highest tally by any player in the league that year for the home and away season and included a bag of ten goals against Fitzroy. In total Rankin won Geelong's leading goal-kicker award on four separate occasions.

Rankin captained-coached Geelong from 1925 until 1927, steering them to their inaugural premiership in his first year in charge. He led from the front in the Grand Final with five goals.

A regular Victorian interstate representative, Rankin appeared in 14 games for his state, kicking 30 goals. Rankin was named as an emergency in Geelong's official 'Team of the Century'.

Rankin's great-grandson Gary O'Donnell played for Essendon Football Club in the 1990s.^[1]

References

↑ Callander, S. "80 years of Grand Final Celebrations", AFL Grand Final Record, Australian Football League:Melbourne. 2005, p. 18.

Cliff Rankin's statistics from AFL Tables
Full Points Footy profile

v t e Geelong Football Club 1925 VFL Premiers

Geelong 10.19 (79) defeated Collingwood 9.15 (69), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 6. Rankin 3. Ferguson 4. Hall 8. Chambers 9. Johns 11. Fleming 12. Warren 14. Hagger 15. Stevenson 16. Smith 19. Todd 20. Greeves 23. Fitzmaurice 24. Williams 25. Leahy 28. Rayson 29. Heagney 31. Hudd

Coach: Rankin

Captains of the Geelong Football Club

1897–1899: Conway
1900: Burns
1901–1909: Young
1910–1913: B. Eason
1914–1915: Orchard
1917: Marsham
1918–1919: Kearney
1919–1920: A. Eason
1921–1922: Craven
1923: B. Rankin
1924: Hagger
1925–1927: C. Rankin
1928: Fitzmaurice
1929–1930: Coghlan
1931: Baker
1932–1940: Hickey
1941: Arklay
1944–1945: Butcher
1945: White
1946: Grant
1947: Gniel
1948: White
1949: Fitzgerald
1949: Morrow
1950: White
1950: Smith
1951–1954: Flanagan
1954: Smith
1955–1958: Davis
1959: Trezise
1960: Hovey
1960: Rice
1961–1962: Yeates
1963–1964: Wooler
1965–1967: Farmer
1968–1971: Goggin
1972: Wade
1973: Ainsworth
1974–1975: Newman
1976–1977: B. Nankervis
1978–1981: I. Nankervis
1982: Peake
1983: I. Nankervis
1984–1986: Turner
1987–1989: Bourke
1990–1991: Bews
1992–1994: Bairstow
1995: Hocking
1995: Ablett/Hinkley/Stoneham
1996: Ablett/Stoneham
1997–1998: Stoneham
1999: Colbert
1999: Hocking
2000–2002: Graham
2003–2006: King
2007–2009: Harley
2010–2011: Ling
2012–: Selwood

v t e Coaches of the Geelong Football Club

1910–1911: Hickinbotham 1912–1913: Eason 1914: Orchard 1923: Taylor 1924: Hagger 1925–1927: Rankin 1928: Fitzmaurice 1929–1930: Coghlan 1931: Clymo 1932: Hickey 1933–1934: Coghlan 1935: Parratt 1936: Dibbs 1936–1940: Hickey 1940: Everett 1940: Laver 1941: Metherell 1944: Arklay 1945–1959: Hickey 1956; 1960–1965: Davis 1963: Trezise 1966–1970: Pianto 1971–1972: McMaster 1973–1975: Farmer 1976–1979: Olsson 1980–1982: Goggin 1983–1985: Hafey 1986–1988: Devine 1989–1994: Blight 1995–1999: Ayres 2000–2010: Thompson 2011–: Scott

Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal winners

The Leading Goalkicker Medal was awarded from the VFL's first season, in 1897, until 1954, when the award was renamed the Coleman Medal.

1897: Leith/James 1898: Smith 1899: James 1900: Lockwood/Thurgood 1901: Hiskins 1902: Baker 1903: Lockwood 1904: Coutie 1905: Pannam 1906: Grace 1907: Lee 1908: Lee 1909: Lee 1910: Lee/Martini 1911: Brereton 1912: Brereton 1913: Park 1914: Lee 1915: Freake 1916: Lee 1917: Lee 1918: Cowley 1919: Lee 1920: Bayliss 1921: Rankin 1922: Clover 1923: Stockdale 1924: Moriarty 1925: Hagger 1926: Coventry 1927: Coventry 1928: Coventry 1929: Coventry 1930: Coventry 1931: Vallence 1932: Moloney 1933: Coventry 1934: Pratt 1935: Pratt 1936: Mohr 1937: Harris 1938: Todd 1939: Todd 1940: Titus 1941: Murray 1942: White 1943: Fanning 1944: Fanning 1945: Fanning 1946: Fothergill 1947: Fanning 1948: White 1949: Coleman 1950: Coleman 1951: Coleman 1952: Coleman 1953: Coleman 1954: Collins

v t e Geelong Football Club • Team of the Century

Full-back	Bernie Smith George Todd Sam Newman

Half-back	Dick Grigg Reg Hickey Joe Slater

Centre	Michael Turner Edward Greeves Leo Turner

Half-forward	Gary Ablett, Sr. Fred Flanagan Bob Davis

Full-forward	Henry Young Doug Wade Peter Pianto

Ruck	Graham Farmer Garry Hocking Bill Goggin

Interchange	David Clarke Paul Couch Alec Eason Les Hardiman

Emergencies	Ian Nankervis Jack Collins Tom Quinn Cliff Rankin

Geelong Football Club · Leading Goalkickers

1897: James
1898: James
1899: James
1900: Lockwood
1901: Coles
1902: Woods
1903: Woods
1904: Woods
1905: Woods
1906: Roebuck
1907: Sherry
1908: Hardiman
1909: Martini
1910: Martini
1911: Martini
1912: Martini
1913: Martini
1914: Martini
1915: Brownlees
1917: Martini
1918: Martini
1919: Martini
1920: Rankin
1921: Rankin
1922: Rankin
1923: Rankin
1924: Hagger
1925: Hagger
1926: Hagger
1927: Hagger
1928: Chambers
1929: Plunkett
1930: Kuhlken
1931: Moloney
1932: Moloney
1933: Moloney
1934: Metherell
1935: Evans
1936: Metherell
1937: Metherell
1938: Helmer
1939: Glenister
1940: Grant
1941: White
1944: White
1945: V. Nankervis
1946: Renfrey
1947: White
1948: White
1949: White
1950: Gonion
1951: Gonion
1952: Gonion
1953: Gonion
1954: Flanagan
1955: Rayson
1956: Rayson
1957: Rayson
1958: Trezise
1959: Wooler
1960: Wooler
1961: Wade
1962: Wade
1963: Wade
1964: Wade
1965: Andrews
1966: Wade
1967: Wade
1968: Wade
1969: Wade
1970: Wade
1971: Wade
1972: Wade
1973: Clarke
1974: Sarah
1975: I. Nankveris/Donohue
1976: Donohue
1977: Donohue
1978: Donohue
1979: Clarke
1980: Bright
1981: Bright
1982: Turner
1983: Bright
1984: Jackson
1985: Ablett, Sr.
1986: Ablett, Sr.
1987: Lindner
1988: Ablett, Sr.
1989: Ablett, Sr.
1990: Ablett, Sr.
1991: Brownless
1992: Brownless
1993: Ablett, Sr.
1994: Ablett, Sr.
1995: Ablett, Sr.
1996: Ablett, Sr.
1997: Burns
1998: Burns/Spinks
1999: Burns
2000: Burns/Mensch
2001: Burns/Graham
2002: Kingsley
2003: Kingsley
2004: Kingsley
2005: Kingsley
2006: Ablett, Jr.
2007: Mooney
2008: Johnson
2009: Mooney
2010: Johnson
2011: Podsiadly
2012: Hawkins
2013: Hawkins

Persondata
Name	Rankin, Cliff
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	4 December 1896
Place of birth
Date of death	12 February 1975
Place of death	Geelong

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