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'''Trevor Ranson''' (29 March 1912 - 6 October 1996<ref>http://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/lcc/index.php?c=30&burial_record=52817</ref>) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played for [[Launceston Football Club|Launceston]] and [[Scottsdale Football Club|Scottsdale]] in the [[Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986)|Northern Tasmanian Football Association]] (NTFA) and [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL). He was inducted into the [[Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame]] in 2005. |
'''Trevor Vincent Ranson''' (29 March 1912 - 6 October 1996<ref>http://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/lcc/index.php?c=30&burial_record=52817</ref>) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played for [[Launceston Football Club|Launceston]] and [[Scottsdale Football Club|Scottsdale]] in the [[Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986)|Northern Tasmanian Football Association]] (NTFA) and [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL). He was inducted into the [[Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame]] in 2005. |
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Ranson appeared in the opening two rounds of the [[1934 VFL season]] before succumbing to a knee injury. He then returned to his original club, Launceston, where he participated in seven premiership teams. A NTFA representative, Ranson also represented Tasmania at the [[1933 Sydney Carnival]]. He played as a defender and won Launceston's 'Best and Fairest' award in 1937. Ranson captain-coached them to the 1945 premiership, and later joined Scottdale as their inaugural captain-coach in 1948.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52629109 |title=SCOTTSDALE'S COACH. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954)]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=3 March 1948 |accessdate=19 February 2013 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
Ranson appeared in the opening two rounds of the [[1934 VFL season]] before succumbing to a knee injury. He then returned to his original club, Launceston, where he participated in seven premiership teams. A NTFA representative, Ranson also represented Tasmania at the [[1933 Sydney Carnival]]. He played as a defender and won Launceston's 'Best and Fairest' award in 1937. Ranson captain-coached them to the 1945 premiership, and later joined Scottdale as their inaugural captain-coach in 1948.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52629109 |title=SCOTTSDALE'S COACH. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954)]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=3 March 1948 |accessdate=19 February 2013 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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| Full name | Trevor V. Ranson | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1912 | ||
| Date of death | 6 October 1996 (aged 84) | ||
| Original team(s) | Launceston | ||
| Height / weight | 187 cm / 85 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Trevor Vincent Ranson (29 March 1912 - 6 October 1996[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Launceston and Scottsdale in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
Ranson appeared in the opening two rounds of the 1934 VFL season before succumbing to a knee injury. He then returned to his original club, Launceston, where he participated in seven premiership teams. A NTFA representative, Ranson also represented Tasmania at the 1933 Sydney Carnival. He played as a defender and won Launceston's 'Best and Fairest' award in 1937. Ranson captain-coached them to the 1945 premiership, and later joined Scottdale as their inaugural captain-coach in 1948.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/lcc/index.php?c=30&burial_record=52817
- ^ "SCOTTSDALE'S COACH". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954). Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 3 March 1948. p. 10. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- Trevor Ranson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.