Trevor Ranson

Trevor Ranson
Personal information
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
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1932–33, 1935–45 1934 1948	Launceston St Kilda Scottsdale	140 (?) 002 (0) 00? (?)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.

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

1. http://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/lcc/index.php?c=30&burial_record=52817
2. "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 statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.