| Personal information | |
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| Birth | March 11, 1872, |
| Recruited from | Riversdale |
| Height and weight | 178 cm / 74 kg |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | 1897, Geelong vs. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong. , at |
| Team(s) | Geelong (1897) (1899-1910)
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| ¹ Statistics to end of 1910 season | |
| Career highlights | |
Edward 'Teddy' Rankin (born March 11, 1872) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL. Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong. The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest His sons Cliff and father Bert both also had successful careers with the club. Cliff Rankin (born 4 December 1896 date of death unknown is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL from 1915 to 1928 Bert Rankin (born 17 February 1893 was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL.
A rover, Rankin was a member of the inaugural Geelong VFL side in 1897. He didn't play at all in 1898 due to typhoid but returned to the side the following season and appeared in every season until his retirement in 1910, by then in the backlines. In 1903 he won the Carji Greeves Medal for Geelong's best and fairest player. The Carji Greeves Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player(s adjudged Best and Fairest for the Geelong Football Club for the season During the 1903 season he had become the first ever Geelong player to play 100 games and he is also credited as being the first player in the league to use the practice of touching the ball on the ground as oppose to bouncing it. He had used it during a wet game in the 1890s.
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