Doug Rankin

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1915}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Doug Rankin

| image =

| fullname = Edwin Douglas Rankin{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=631235| title=WW2 Nominal Roll| publisher=Australian Government}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|12|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Geelong, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|1|7|1915|12|21|df=yes}}[http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/EDWINDOUGLASRANKIN/9175057 Edwin Douglas Rankin]

| death_place =

| originalteam = Guild Scouts, Geelong

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 81 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1939

| years1 = 1938–1939

| club1 = Geelong

| games_goals1 = 9 (8)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Edwin Douglas Rankin (21 December 1915 – 7 January 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).The Argus, [http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11172025 "Collins for Geelong"], 23 March 1938, p. 24

Rankin was the son of Teddy Rankin, a former Geelong player who made 180 VFL appearances for the club.The Argus, [http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11048754 "Geelong Recruits"], 12 March 1937, p. 12{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}} Doug's half brothers, Cliff and Bert, both also played over 100 games with Geelong.{{cite web|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrisonfamily&id=I770| title=Harrison Family| publisher=Roots Web}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mytrees.com/newanc/Australia/Born-1915/Ra/Rankin-family/Edwin-Rankin-wo000666-3524.html| title=Edwin Rankin| publisher=My Trees.com}} Other members of the Rankin family also played for Geelong.J. and J. McDonald, Three William McDonalds, Canberra, 2010, pp. 92-94.

A Guild Scouts recruit, Rankin played nine games for Geelong as a forward, five in the 1938 VFL season and four in the 1939 season.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Doug_Rankin.html| title=Doug Rankin| publisher=AFL Tables}} In April 1939 he suffered a serious knee injury, from which he struggled to recover.The Age, 12 April 1939, p. 8.