Reg Rankin
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{distinguish|text=Reginald Rankin (1871–1931)}}
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| position = Goaltender
| played_for = Toronto Ontarios
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|5|23}}
| birth_place = Stratford, ON, CAN
| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|8|6|1888|5|23}}
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| career_start = 1907
| career_end = 1914
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Reginald George Duncan Rankin (May 23, 1888 – August 6, 1949[http://losthockey.com/__a/members/deaths_by_year.cfm?year=1949&month=8 Hockey deaths - August 1949]) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played with the Toronto Ontarios of the National Hockey Association, as a substitute goaltender.
He was an older brother of Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Frank Rankin.
NHA stint
Rankin was hit with a puck in the face during his first game with the Toronto Ontarios in the National Hockey Association (NHA), against the Montreal Wanderers on December 27, 1913, and had to leave the game to visit a hospital. He was replaced in the nets by Jack Cross.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107147062/reg-rankin-montreal-game/ Ottawa Evening Journal] Dec. 30, 1913 (p. 4). Retrieved 2022-08-07. He was then said to have announced being through with hockey.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107146693/reg-rankin-wanderer-game/ "Sport Notes"] The Evening Mail (Halifax). Jan. 1, 1914 (p. 9). Retrieved 2022-08-07.
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Category:Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Ice hockey people from Stratford, Ontario
Category:Toronto Ontarios players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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