Leo Rankin

Leo Rankin
Leo Rankin
Personal information
Full name	Leo Vincent Rankin
Date of birth	8 October 1879
Place of birth	East Melbourne, Australia
Date of death	10 May 1917 (aged 37)
Place of death	Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Original team(s)	Xavier College
Playing career1
Years	Club
1899	Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leo Vincent Rankin (8 October 1879 – 10 May 1917)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Family

The son of John Rankin (1844–1916),[3] and Mary Rankin, née Donoghue, Leo Vincent Rankin was born at East Melbourne, Australia on 8 October 1879.[4]

He played in one match for Melbourne, against Carlton, on 9 September 1899.

Along with two other "single game players" — Joe Finlay and Arthur Sinclair — he was used to make up the numbers, when regular players Jack Davidson, Maurie Herring, Eddie Sholl, Dick Wardill, and Alf Wood were all unavailable.[5]

He enlisted for service in the First AIF on 8 December 1915, and served overseas in the 55th Battalion.

He died (of hepatitis) on 10 May 1917 at the Military Hospital in Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom, and was buried in the military cemetery of the Lady St Mary Church, Wareham.[6]

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