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class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> Edwin Walter Rankin<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 11 March 1872</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a>, Victoria</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 31 July 1944<span style="display:none">(1944-07-31)</span> (aged 72)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a>, Victoria</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Original team(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Newtown_%26_Chilwell_Football_Club" title="Newtown & Chilwell Football Club">Riversdale (GDFA)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Weight</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 74 kg (163 lb)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Playing career<sup>1</sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Club</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1891–1896</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> (VFA)</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>88 (14)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1897–1910</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> (VFL)</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 180 (35)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>268 (49)</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>1</sup> Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: right"> Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/T/Teddy_Rankin.html">AFL Tables</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Teddy+Rankin/1007">AustralianFootball.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edwin Walter "Teddy" Rankin</b> (11 March 1872 – 31 July 1944) was an <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian rules">Australian rules</a> footballer, originally with Riversdale, who began playing with <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> in the VFA in 1891, and later played in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League_(1897%E2%80%931989)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Football League (1897–1989)">Victorian Football League</a> (VFL).<sup id="cite_ref-geelongcats.com.au_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geelongcats.com.au-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edwin_%27Teddy%27_Rankin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Edwin_%27Teddy%27_Rankin.jpg/210px-Edwin_%27Teddy%27_Rankin.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Edwin_%27Teddy%27_Rankin.jpg/315px-Edwin_%27Teddy%27_Rankin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Edwin_%27Teddy%27_Rankin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>Studio portrait (c.1892)<br />Edwin Walter "Teddy" Rankin.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cliff,_Teddy_and_Bert_Rankin_-_Geelong_and_Victorian_State_footballers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cliff%2C_Teddy_and_Bert_Rankin_-_Geelong_and_Victorian_State_footballers.jpg/210px-Cliff%2C_Teddy_and_Bert_Rankin_-_Geelong_and_Victorian_State_footballers.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cliff%2C_Teddy_and_Bert_Rankin_-_Geelong_and_Victorian_State_footballers.jpg/315px-Cliff%2C_Teddy_and_Bert_Rankin_-_Geelong_and_Victorian_State_footballers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cliff%2C_Teddy_and_Bert_Rankin_-_Geelong_and_Victorian_State_footballers.jpg/420px-Cliff%2C_Teddy_and_Bert_Rankin_-_Geelong_and_Victorian_State_footballers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="785" data-file-height="1103" /></a><figcaption>Cliff and Bert Rankin with their father, on the occasion of their selection in the 1923 Victorian team.</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The son of Walter Rankin (1849–1930), and Sarah Rankin, née Austin, Edwin Walter Rankin was born in <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a>, Victoria on 11 March 1872. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brothers">Brothers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Brothers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two of his <a href="/wiki/Rankin_family_of_Geelong" title="Rankin family of Geelong">brothers</a> played for Geelong Football Club:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Rankin" title="Tom Rankin">Tom Rankin</a> (1881–1958), 47 games (1904–1906), and Samuel John Rankin (1872–1958) (who was never selected in the VFL team's First XVIII). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spouses">Spouses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Spouses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rankin married Louisa Jane Johns in 1892, which lasted until her death in 1906. He married Adelaide Isabel Hyde (1885–1971) in 1909. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Children">Children</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two of his sons from his first marriage, <a href="/wiki/Bert_Rankin" title="Bert Rankin">Bert Rankin</a> (1893–1971) and <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Rankin" title="Cliff Rankin">Cliff Rankin</a> (1896–1975), were captains of the Geelong Football Club (1925–1927 and 1923 respectively); and both were selected to play for Victoria in 1923. </p><p>A son from his second marriage, <a href="/wiki/Doug_Rankin" title="Doug Rankin">Doug Rankin</a> (1915–1987), also had a brief but successful career with the club, playing just nine senior games in two seasons (1938–1939).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grandchildren_and_great-grandchildren">Grandchildren and great-grandchildren</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Grandchildren and great-grandchildren"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>The O'Donnells</dt></dl> <p>Eileen O'Donnell (née Rankin) was the daughter of Teddy and Adelaide Rankin and the sister of <a href="/wiki/Bert_Rankin" title="Bert Rankin">Bert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Rankin" title="Cliff Rankin">Cliff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doug_Rankin" title="Doug Rankin">Doug Rankin</a>. In April 1937, Eileen married Leo O'Donnell, and they moved into Anderson Street, <a href="/wiki/East_Geelong,_Victoria" title="East Geelong, Victoria">East Geelong</a>. Eileen and Leo had two sons, Ian and <a href="/wiki/Graeme_O%27Donnell" title="Graeme O'Donnell">Graeme O'Donnell</a>. Graeme played for <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> during 1960s. He was also the father of both <a href="/wiki/Gary_O%27Donnell_(Australian_footballer)" title="Gary O'Donnell (Australian footballer)">Gary O'Donnell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shelley_O%27Donnell" title="Shelley O'Donnell">Shelley O'Donnell</a>. Gary played for <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> between 1987 and 1998 and Shelley is a former <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_netball_team" title="Australia national netball team">Australia netball international</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-age070408_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age070408-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vicau230311_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vicau230311-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Georgie Rankin</dt></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Georgie_Rankin" title="Georgie Rankin">Georgie Rankin</a>, an <a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s" title="AFL Women's">AFL Women's</a> player with <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> is the great-granddaughter of Teddy Rankin.<sup id="cite_ref-geelong1989_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geelong1989-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football">Football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Described as a skilful rover, who ran with a stoop,<sup id="cite_ref-ECHO_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHO-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was noted for his football nous, accurate kicking and stamina,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rankin was recruited from the <a href="/wiki/Newtown_%26_Chilwell_Football_Club" title="Newtown & Chilwell Football Club">Riversdale Football Club</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Geelong_%26_District_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Geelong & District Football League">Geelong and District Football Association (GDFA)</a> by the Geelong VFA team in 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He played his first match for Geelong's senior team was against South Melbourne on 27 June 1891,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when he replaced injured wingman Charlie Wheatland in the selected side.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of Geelong's best players.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 88 games in the VFA, Rankin was a member of the inaugural Geelong VFL side that played Essendon on Saturday, 8 May 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His career spanned 20 seasons of football for Geelong, and during the VFL part of it (1897, 1899–1910), he played 180 games, being captain for 15.<sup id="cite_ref-geelongcats.com.au_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geelongcats.com.au-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He missed the 1898 season due to <a href="/wiki/Typhoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoid">typhoid</a>, but returned to the side in the next year and appeared in every season until his retirement, though by then in the backline.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rankin retired during the 1910 season at the age of 38, with his career total of 268 games remaining a club record until it was broken by John "Sam" Newman in Round 4 of 1979. <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, Rankin's 268 games was also second in elite Victorian football behind his longtime Geelong teammate Peter Burns (305 games, 216 in the VFA and 89 in the VFL), and fourth in elite Australian rules football behind the South Australian Jack "Dinny" Reedman (319 games), David "Dolly" Christy (317, 132 in the VFA and 185 in the WAFL, would pass Reedman later that year and retire during 1912 with 345 games), and Burns. </p><p>Rankin represented Victoria three times, and in 1903, won the Geelong <a href="/wiki/Carji_Greeves_Medal" title="Carji Greeves Medal">Best and Fairest</a> award, as well as becoming the first Geelong player to reach 100 VFL games in the Second Semi-Final. </p><p>During his prime, Rankin declined offers to transfer to a number of other clubs. He was an advocate of amateurism, arguing against the emerging practice of player payments.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1899_team_of_"champions""><span id="1899_team_of_.22champions.22"></span>1899 team of "champions"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1899 team of "champions""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for <i>The Argus</i>, <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Wilmot" title="Reginald Wilmot">Reginald Wilmot ("Old Boy")</a>, selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition: </p> <ul><li>Backs: <a href="/wiki/Maurie_Collins" title="Maurie Collins">Maurie Collins</a> (Essendon), <a href="/wiki/Bill_Proudfoot" title="Bill Proudfoot">Bill Proudfoot</a> (Collingwood), <a href="/wiki/Peter_Burns_(footballer,_born_1866)" title="Peter Burns (footballer, born 1866)">Peter Burns</a> (Geelong).</li> <li>Halfbacks: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Hickey_(footballer)" title="Pat Hickey (footballer)">Pat Hickey</a> (Fitzroy), <a href="/wiki/George_Davidson_(footballer)" title="George Davidson (footballer)">George Davidson</a> (South Melbourne), <a href="/wiki/Alf_Wood_(Australian_footballer)" title="Alf Wood (Australian footballer)">Alf Wood</a> (Melbourne).</li> <li>Centres: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Leach" title="Fred Leach">Fred Leach</a> (Collingwood), <a href="/wiki/Firth_McCallum" title="Firth McCallum">Firth McCallum</a> (Geelong), <a href="/wiki/Harry_Wright_(Australian_footballer)" title="Harry Wright (Australian footballer)">Harry Wright</a> (Essendon).</li> <li>Wings: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Pannam_(footballer,_born_1874)" title="Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)">Charlie Pannam</a> (Collingwood), <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Drohan" title="Eddie Drohan">Eddie Drohan</a> (Fitzroy), <a href="/wiki/Herb_Howson" title="Herb Howson">Herb Howson</a> (South Melbourne).</li> <li>Forwards: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Jackson_(Australian_footballer)" title="Bill Jackson (Australian footballer)">Bill Jackson</a> (Essendon), <a href="/wiki/Eddy_James" title="Eddy James">Eddy James</a> (Geelong), <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Colgan" title="Charlie Colgan">Charlie Colgan</a> (South Melbourne).</li> <li>Ruck: <a href="/wiki/Mick_Pleass" title="Mick Pleass">Mick Pleass</a> (South Melbourne), <a href="/wiki/Frank_Hailwood" title="Frank Hailwood">Frank Hailwood</a> (Collingwood), <a href="/wiki/Joe_McShane" title="Joe McShane">Joe McShane</a> (Geelong).</li> <li>Rovers: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Condon" title="Dick Condon">Dick Condon</a> (Collingwood), <a href="/wiki/Bill_McSpeerin" title="Bill McSpeerin">Bill McSpeerin</a> (Fitzroy), <b>Teddy Rankin</b> (Geelong).</li></ul> <p>From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — Wilmot selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Touching_the_ball_on_the_ground">Touching the ball on the ground</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Touching the ball on the ground"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many credit Rankin with being the first player in the league to touch the ball on the ground, rather than <a href="/wiki/Running_bounce" title="Running bounce">bouncing it</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although many modern accounts situate the event in the 1890s, it seems certain that, on the (1925) account of <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Brosnan" title="Gerald Brosnan">Gerald Brosnan</a>, a former Geelong (VFA) team-mate or Rankin, it happened during the time that Brosnan was playing for <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> (viz., 1900–1909), that it happened at the <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a>, that it took place on an extremely wet day (the playing conditions on the Brunswick Street Oval were notoriously bad on wet days due to the slush and mud that ran from one end of the ground to the other), and that Jim D'Helin was the umpire: </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd>By the way, Ted was instrumental in having the clause regarding wet day bouncing inserted in the rules. Playing against us at Fitzroy on a very wet day, when it was impossible to bounce the ball, Ted conceived the brilliant idea of running 10 yards, stooping down and touching the ground with the ball, and going on. He got only the first 10 yards, however, for [James Otto] Jimmy D'Helin, who, I think, was the umpire, free-kicked him, though undoubtedly he was wrong in doing so. I'll never forget Ted's look when he found himself penalised for his clever idea. (<i>The Geelong Advertiser</i>, 16 October 1925)<sup id="cite_ref-ECHO_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECHO-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_football">After football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: After football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After football, Rankin was caretaker at the <a href="/wiki/Corio_Oval" title="Corio Oval">Corio Oval</a> for about eight years, until he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rayson" title="Arthur Rayson">Arthur Rayson</a> c.1924.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was employed as the head groundsman at the <a href="/wiki/Geelong_College" title="Geelong College">Geelong College</a> from 1904 to 1941, and as the Principal's gardener from 1941 to 1944. He also coached the college's First XVIII from 1905 to 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He died, in a private Geelong hospital, on 31 July 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A set of memorial gates (the <i>Edwin Rankin Memorial Gates</i>) were erected in his honour at Geelong College in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2018, the Geelong Football Club awarded Rankin the status of "Club Legend", the twenty-fifth former player to be so honoured.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=geelongcats.com.au&rft.atitle=Georgie+continues+%27powerful%27+Rankin+dynasty&rft.date=2018-11-29&rft.aulast=McWilliams&rft.aufirst=Phoebe&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geelongcats.com.au%2Fnews%2F2018-11-29%2Fgeorgie-continues-powerful-rankin-dynasty&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeddy+Rankin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ECHO-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ECHO_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ECHO_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207869396">Geelong Footballers: Echo of Early Days: Ted Rankin as Rover, <i>The Geelong Advertiser</i>, (Friday, 16 October 1925), p.1.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/166015240?">Geelong Football Family, <i>The Geelong Advertiser</i>, (Friday, 3 August 1923), p.6.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ross (1996), p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">An April 1891 newspaper report of a match between Chillwell Magics and Riversdale noted that "the play of Rankin for Riversdale was greatly admired throughout the game". (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149920345">Football, <i>The Geelong Advertiser</i>, (Monday, 27 April 1891), p.3</a>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241546696">Football Gossip: South Melbourne v. Geelong, <i>The Herald</i>, (Friday, 26 June 1891), p.3.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Rankin filled [Wheatland's] place with credit": <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/227700649">Football, <i>The Sportsman</i>, (Tuesday, 30 June 1891), p.6.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190631555/18424705">South Melbourne v. Geelong, <i>The Age</i>, (Monday, 29 June 1891), p.6</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8640208">South Melbourne v. Geelong, <i>The Argus</i>, (Monday, 29 June 1891), p.6.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9190321">Geelong's Inexperience, <i>The Argus</i>, (Monday, 10 May 1897), p.5</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190647183">The League Clubs, <i>The Age</i>, (Monday, 10 May 1897), p.6.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ross (1996), p.41.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> For many years, it was believed Rankin's games total was 241 due to incomplete records, and this total was passed by <a href="/wiki/Reg_Hickey" title="Reg Hickey">Reg Hickey</a> in Round 18 of 1939: Hickey was taken to be the club record holder on that basis until Round 20 of 1971, when Bill Goggin passed him, with Newman subsequently passing Goggin in Round 20 of 1977, though Hickey and Goggin both held the club record for most games played in the VFL/AFL. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Age</i>, 9 August 1939, p. 6; <i>Sporting Globe</i>, 12 August 1939, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Geelong Advertiser</i>, 4 October 1924, p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9030781">'Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p. 6.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Others credit West Adelaide (1898–1902) and Carlton (1903–1913) wingman <a href="/wiki/George_Bruce_(footballer)" title="George Bruce (footballer)">George Bruce</a>:<br />"George Bruce, of Carlton, was the first player to introduce the tricky dodge of bending down, touching the ball on the ground, and then shooting past the man playing against him. Many have imitated him, but none has equalled him in this move." (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241539400/26286970">Play and Players, <i>The Herald</i>, (Friday, 1 August 1913), p.3.</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/185067996">Success of Geelong Seconds: Players Who Have Made Good: Born Footballer, <i>The Sporting Globe</i>, (Saturday, 26 July 1924), p.7.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/RANKIN-Edwin-Teddy-1872-1944.ashx">Edwin "Teddy" Rankin (1872-1944), Heritage Guide to The Geelong College, <i>geelongcollege.vic.edu.au".</i></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11354541">Deaths: Rankin, <i>The Argus</i>, (Tuesday, 1 August 1944), p.2.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11354630">Obituary: Mr Edwin Rankin, <i>The Argus</i>, (Tuesday 1 August 1944), p.5</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205994337">Deaths of Football Identities: Mr. Ted Rankin, of Geelong, <i>The Age</i>, (Tuesday 1 August 1944), p.4.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11354867">Late Mr Edwin Rankin, <i>The Argus</i>, (Thursday 3 August 1944), p.3.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206470266">College Gates as Memorial. <i>The Age</i>, Monday, 12 October 1953), p.2.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/community/display/100473-edward-%60teddy%60-rankin">Edward "Teddy" Rankin, <i>Monument Australia</i>.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2018-08-17/hall-of-fame-cats-honour-club-greats">Oates, Stacey, "Hall of Fame: Cats Honour Club Greats, <i>geelongcats.com.au</i>, 17 August 2018.</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Rankin&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Ross, J. 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Rankin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920: <a href="/wiki/Jockie_Jones" title="Jockie Jones">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921: <a href="/wiki/Billy_McCarter" title="Billy McCarter">McCarter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Johns" title="Keith Johns">Johns</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1923: <a href="/wiki/Billy_McCarter" title="Billy McCarter">McCarter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927: <a href="/wiki/George_Todd_(Australian_footballer)" title="George Todd (Australian footballer)">Todd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928: <a href="/wiki/Reg_Hickey" title="Reg Hickey">Hickey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930: <a href="/wiki/George_Todd_(Australian_footballer)" title="George Todd (Australian footballer)">Todd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931: <a href="/wiki/George_Todd_(Australian_footballer)" title="George Todd (Australian footballer)">Todd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932: <a href="/wiki/George_Moloney_(footballer,_born_1909)" title="George Moloney (footballer, born 1909)">Moloney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/wiki/Les_Hardiman" title="Les Hardiman">Hardiman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Reg_Hickey" title="Reg Hickey">Hickey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hawking" title="Fred Hawking">Hawking</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Quinn" title="Tommy Quinn">Quinn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Quinn" title="Tommy Quinn">Quinn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Arklay" title="Tom Arklay">Arklay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Grant_(footballer,_born_1915)" title="Jack Grant (footballer, born 1915)">Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Arklay" title="Tom Arklay">Arklay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Knight_(footballer)" title="Jim Knight (footballer)">Knight</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Munday" title="Jim Munday">Munday</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Fitzgerald_(footballer)" title="Jim Fitzgerald (footballer)">Fitzgerald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Mahon" title="Geoff Mahon">Mahon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_White" title="Lindsay White">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Morrison_(footballer)" title="Bruce Morrison (footballer)">Morrison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Flanagan" title="Fred Flanagan">Flanagan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/John_Hyde_(footballer)" title="John Hyde (footballer)">Hyde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Smith" title="Bernie Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Williams_(footballer)" title="Geoff Williams (footballer)">Ge. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pianto" title="Peter Pianto">Pianto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Sharp" title="Norm Sharp">Sharp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Williams_(footballer)" title="Geoff Williams (footballer)">Ge. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Smith" title="Bernie Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Davis_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Bob Davis (Australian rules footballer)">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/John_O%27Neill_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="John O'Neill (Australian rules footballer)">O'Neill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Colin_Rice" title="Colin Rice">Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Wooller" title="Fred Wooller">Wooler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Roy_West_(footballer)" title="Roy West (footballer)">West</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Alistair_Lord" title="Alistair Lord">Lord</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Polly_Farmer" title="Polly Farmer">Farmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Polly_Farmer" title="Polly Farmer">Farmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Walker_(footballer)" title="Peter Walker (footballer)">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Denis_Marshall_(footballer)" title="Denis Marshall (footballer)">Marshall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Goggin" title="Bill Goggin">Goggin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Newman" title="Sam Newman">Newman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Wade" title="Doug Wade">Wade</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Goggin" title="Bill Goggin">Goggin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/David_Clarke_Sr." title="David Clarke Sr.">Clarke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Nankervis" title="Ian Nankervis">I. Nankervis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Nankervis" title="Bruce Nankervis">B. Nankervis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Nankervis" title="Bruce Nankervis">B. Nankervis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Newman" title="Sam Newman">Newman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Nankervis" title="Ian Nankervis">I. Nankervis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Nankervis" title="Ian Nankervis">I. Nankervis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/David_Clarke_Sr." title="David Clarke Sr.">Clarke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/David_Clarke_Sr." title="David Clarke Sr.">Clarke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Blake" title="Rod Blake">Blake</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Featherby" title="Peter Featherby">Featherby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/John_Mossop" title="John Mossop">Mossop</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Card" title="Ray Card">Card</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Ablett_Sr." title="Gary Ablett Sr.">Ablett Sr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Williams_(Australian_footballer)" title="Greg Williams (Australian footballer)">Gr. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Couch" title="Paul Couch">Couch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Bos" title="Mark Bos">Bos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Bos" title="Mark Bos">Bos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Couch" title="Paul Couch">Couch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Stoneham" title="Barry Stoneham">Stoneham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Hocking" title="Garry Hocking">Hocking</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hinkley" title="Ken Hinkley">Hinkley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Hocking" title="Garry Hocking">Hocking</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Hocking" title="Garry Hocking">Hocking</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Couch" title="Paul Couch">Couch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Garry_Hocking" title="Garry Hocking">Hocking</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Liam_Pickering" title="Liam Pickering">Pickering</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Riccardi" title="Peter Riccardi">Riccardi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Graham_(footballer)" title="Ben Graham (footballer)">Graham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Steven_King_(footballer)" title="Steven King (footballer)">King</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Brenton_Sanderson" title="Brenton Sanderson">Sanderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Steven_King_(footballer)" title="Steven King (footballer)">King</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scarlett" title="Matthew Scarlett">Scarlett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Ling" title="Cameron Ling">Ling</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Corey" title="Joel Corey">Corey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Chapman_(Australian_footballer)" title="Paul Chapman (Australian footballer)">Chapman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Ablett_Jr." title="Gary Ablett Jr.">Ablett Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Corey" title="Joel Corey">Corey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Ablett_Jr." title="Gary Ablett Jr.">Ablett Jr.</a>/<a href="/wiki/Corey_Enright" title="Corey Enright">Enright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Selwood" title="Joel Selwood">Selwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Corey_Enright" title="Corey Enright">Enright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hawkins_(footballer,_born_1988)" title="Tom Hawkins (footballer, born 1988)">Hawkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Selwood" title="Joel Selwood">Selwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Selwood" title="Joel Selwood">Selwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Blicavs" title="Mark Blicavs">Blicavs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Dangerfield" title="Patrick Dangerfield">Dangerfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Dangerfield" title="Patrick Dangerfield">Dangerfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Blicavs" title="Mark Blicavs">Blicavs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Dangerfield" title="Patrick Dangerfield">Dangerfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Guthrie" title="Cameron Guthrie">Guthrie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Stewart_(Australian_footballer)" title="Tom Stewart (Australian footballer)">Stewart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Cameron" title="Jeremy Cameron">Cameron</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cameron_Guthrie" title="Cameron Guthrie">Guthrie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Stewart_(Australian_footballer)" title="Tom Stewart (Australian footballer)">Stewart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Max_Holmes" title="Max Holmes">Holmes</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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