Willie Rankin

Willie Rankin
Personal information
Full name William Rankin[1]
Place of birth Burnbank, Scotland
Date of death 1950
Playing position Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1916 Burnbank Athletic
1916–1917 Parkhead Juniors
1917–1924 Motherwell 230 (54)
1921Third Lanark (loan)
1924–1929 Cowdenbeath 168 (22)
1927Peebles Rovers (loan)
1929–1932 Clyde 79 (9)
Montrose
Benoni
National team
1919–1923 Scottish League XI 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

William Rankin was a Scottish professional football inside right who made over 470 appearances in the Scottish League for Motherwell, Cowdenbeath and Clyde.[2][3][4] He represented the Scottish League XI.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Motherwell 1917–18[1] Scottish First Division 30 11 0 0 30 11
1918–19[1] 30 5 0 0 30 5
1919–20[1] 39 12 1 0 40 12
1920–21[1] 36 6 7 1 43 7
1921–22[1] 36 8 3 0 39 8
1922–23[1] 27 6 5 0 32 6
1923–24[1] 32 6 3 1 35 7
Total 230 54 19 2 249 56
Cowdenbeath 1924–25[1] Scottish First Division 35 4 1 0 36 4
1925–26[1] 29 0 1 0 30 0
1926–27[1] 35 7 2 1 37 8
1927–28[1] 31 5 1 1 32 6
1928–29[1] 38 6 2 1 40 7
Total 168 22 7 3 175 25
Clyde 1929–30[1] Scottish First Division 35 4 2 1 37 5
1930–31[1] 29 5 3 2 32 7
1931–32[1] 15 0 0 0 15 0
Total 79 9 5 3 84 12
Career total 477 85 31 8 508 93

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  2. "Willie Rankin – motherWELLnet". motherWELLnet. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online | Cowden | The Beath". www.cowdenbeathfc.com. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. "Rankin Willie Image 1 Motherwell 1922 – Vintage Footballers". vintagefootballers.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. "Willie Rankin – Scotland Football League Record from 22 Feb 1919 to 31 Oct 1923 clubs – Motherwell". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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