Tom Rankin
| Tom Rankin | |||
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.tiff.png) Tom Rankin, Geelong footballer, 1905 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Tom Rankin | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1881 | ||
| Date of death | 18 February 1958 (aged 76) | ||
| Height/Weight | 180 cm / 70 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1904-06 | Geelong | 47 (12) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1906 season. | |||
Thomas Charles Rankin (known as Tom) (3 May 1881 – 18 February 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] His brother, Edwin (known as ‘Teddy’) and other members of the Rankin family also played for Geelong.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
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.
- ↑ http://www.geelongcats.com.au/club/history/every-player/r-z.
- ↑ 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
- Tom Rankin's statistics from AFL Tables
- Tom Rankin's profile from AustralianFootball.com
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