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Bobby Rankin

Bobby Rankin

Scottish footballer and manager

Robert Rankin (7 April 1905 – 25 August 1954) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for hometown club St Mirren over two spells, and for Dundee and Clyde, mainly as an inside left.[2] He gained three caps for Scotland in 1929, scoring twice.

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He later acted as a director of St Mirren then served as manager of the club for eight seasons from 1946 (plus one wartime campaign prior to that), and was still in the post when he died in 1954 aged 49.[3][4]

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  1. [1]
    "[Scotland player, including unofficial matches] Robert Rankin". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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    John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. [3]
    Holmes, Jeff (24 June 2013). "Rankin deserves his place in the pantheon of St Mirren greats". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. [4]
    (St Mirren manager) Rankin, Bobby, FitbaStats
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