John Rankin (1910s footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Strathclyde | ||
1909–1916 | Third Lanark | 146 | (32) |
1916–1920 | Airdrieonians | 108 | (20) |
Total | 254 | (52) | |
National team | |||
1911 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
John Rankin was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right for Third Lanark and Airdrieonians.[1]
In seven active seasons with Thirds (he made no appearances at all in the 1914–15 season, possibly due to commitments relating to World War I)[1] he played in two Scottish Cup semi-finals (1912 and 1914), one Glasgow Cup final[2] and two Charity Cup finals,[3][4] but finished on the losing side on each occasion. During 1911 Rankin was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI[5] and took part in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial,[6] and the following year represented the Glasgow FA in their annual challenge match against Sheffield.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ Association Football. | Rangers Retain Glasgow Cup., The Glasgow Herald, 13 October 1913
- ^ Clyde v Third Lanark 1-1 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final: May 14, 1910), Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Match report, The Scotsman, 13 May 1914, via The Celtic Wiki
- ^ "[SFL player] J Rankine". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Football. | Trial Match in Glasgow., The Glasgow Herald, 21 March 1911
- ^ Football. | Sheffield, 1; Glasgow, 1., The Glasgow Herald, 22 October 1912
Categories:
- Scottish footballers
- 19th-century births
- 20th-century deaths
- Association football outside forwards
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Strathclyde F.C. players
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Scottish football forward, 1880s birth stubs