Willie_Rankin_(footballer,_born_1895)

Willie Rankin (footballer, born 1895)

Willie Rankin (footballer, born 1895)

Scottish footballer

For the Dundee and Blackburn Rovers player, see Willie Rankin (footballer, born 1900).

William Rankin was a Scottish professional football who made over 470 appearances in the Scottish Football League's top division for Motherwell, Cowdenbeath and Clyde, playing at inside right.[4][5][6]

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He represented the Scottish Football League XI four times[7] and played in two of the annual Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial matches, scoring in one,[8][9] but this did not lead to a full cap for Scotland. In 1921 he was a member of the squad sometimes presented as 'Scotland' which toured North America, but this was organised by the Third Lanark club rather than the Scottish Football Association.[10][11][3]

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    Football. | International Trial, The Glasgow Herald, 31 March 1920
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