Tom Rankin
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Tom Rankin | |||
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![]() Tom Rankin, Geelong footballer, 1905 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Thomas Charles Rankin | ||
Date of birth | (1881-05-03)3 May 1881 | ||
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 18 February 1958(1958-02-18) (aged 76) | ||
Place of death | 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).[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.
- ^ "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.
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