Teddy Rankin

Teddy Rankin
Personal information
Full name Edwin Walter Rankin[1]
Date of birth 11 March 1872
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 31 July 1944(1944-07-31) (aged 72)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Riversdale (GDFA)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1891–1896 Geelong (VFA) 088 (14)
1897–1910 Geelong (VFL) 180 (35)
Total 268 (49)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edwin Walter "Teddy" Rankin (11 March 1872 – 31 July 1944) was an Australian rules footballer, originally with Riversdale, who began playing with Geelong in the VFA in 1891, and later played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Studio portrait (c.1892)
Edwin Walter "Teddy" Rankin.
Cliff and Bert Rankin with their father, on the occasion of their selection in the 1923 Victorian team.
  1. ^ "Obituary Mr Edwin Rankin". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 August 1944. p. 5. Retrieved 14 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "R-Z - geelongcats.com.au". www.geelongcats.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.