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.
He represented the Scottish Football League XI four times and played in two of the annual Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial matches, scoring in one,Football. International Trial, The Glasgow Herald, 31 March 1920Football International Trial Match, The Glasgow Herald, 23 March 1921 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.
Career statistics +Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMotherwell1917–18Scottish Division One30110030111918–19305003051919–2039121040121920–21366714371921–22368303981922–23276503261923–2432631357Total2305419224956Cowdenbeath1924–25Scottish Division One354103641925–26290103001926–27357213781927–28315113261928–2938621407Total168227317525Clyde1929–30Scottish Division One354213751930–31295323271931–3215000150Total799538412Career total4778531850893
Honours
Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame
References