Johnnie Rankin
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Paterson Rankin[1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 May 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Coatbridge, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 24 September 1952[2] | (aged 51)||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Bellshill Athletic | ||
1922–1924 | Hamilton Academical | 40 | (3) |
1923 | → Ayr United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1923 | → Mid-Annandale (loan) | ||
1924 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | (0) |
1924–1925 | Bradford City | ||
1925 | Dundee | 13 | (1) |
1925–1930 | Charlton Athletic | 187 | (34) |
1930–1934 | Chelsea | 62 | (9) |
1934–1936 | Notts County | 25 | (2) |
1936–1937 | Burton Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Paterson Rankin (10 May 1901 – 24 September 1952) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward for clubs including Hamilton Academical,[3] Dundee, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea[2] and Notts County.[1] He played on the losing side in the 1925 Scottish Cup Final while with Dundee[4] and won the Football League Third Division South title in 1928–29 with Charlton,[5] prior to playing in the English top flight with Chelsea where he featured regularly during the 1931–32 and 1932–33 campaigns.[6]
References
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ a b c Chelsea FC Player Profile: Johnnie Rankin, Stamford-Bridge.com
- ^ Rankin, John (1922), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- ^ Scottish Cup Final | Celtic Win Trophy For Eleventh Time, Glasgow Herald, 13 April 1925, via The Celtic Wiki
- ^ Rankin Johnnie Image 1 Notts County 1934, Vintage Footballers
- ^ Johnnie Rankin, Doing the 92
Categories:
- Scottish footballers
- Association football inside forwards
- 1901 births
- 1952 deaths
- Sportspeople from Coatbridge
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- English Football League players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Bellshill Athletic F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Mid-Annandale F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Burton Town F.C. players
- Scottish football forward, 1900s birth stubs