Leo Rankin

Leo Rankin
Personal information
Full nameLeo Vincent Rankin
Date of birth8 October 1879
Place of birthEast Melbourne, Australia
Date of death10 May 1917 (aged 37)
Place of deathWareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Original teamXavier College
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1899Melbourne1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1899 season.

Leo Vincent Rankin (8 October 1879 - 10 May 1917)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

Rankin died of illness while on active service in World War I.[3][4] He had been suffering from hepatitis.[5]

Notes

  1. "Leo Rankin - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. "Roll of Honour: Leo Vincent Rankin". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. "Players Killed on Active Service - AFL Records on Service from Boer War / WW1 / WW2". AFL.com.au. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. "1718 Private Rankin, Leo Vincent". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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