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Tom Rankin
Tom Rankin
	Tom Rankin, Geelong footballer, 1905
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Charles Rankin
Date of birth	3 May 1881
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Date of death	18 February 1958 (aged 76)
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1904–06	Geelong
	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.