Tom Rankin

Tom Rankin
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 career^1
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

1. 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.
2. "R-Z - geelongcats.com.au". Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015..
3. Geelong Advertiser, 8 May 1905, p. 2; Record, 13 May 1905, p. 3.
4. J. and J. McDonald, Three William McDonalds, Canberra, 2010, pp. 91-93.

External links

• Tom Rankin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Tom Rankin at AustralianFootball.com