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    David Rankin (American football)

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    David Rankin
    Rankin from the 1941 "Debris"
    Born:February 2, 1919
    Died:December 8, 2006(2006-12-08) (aged 87)
    Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
    Career information
    Position(s)End
    CollegePurdue University
    Career history
    As player
    1938–1940Purdue Boilermakers
    Career highlights and awards
    • Consensus All-American (1940)
    • First-team All-American (1939)
    • 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1939, 1940)

    David William Rankin (February 2, 1919 – December 8, 2006) was an American football player and track athlete and coach. He was a consensus first-team All-American at the end position at Purdue University in 1940.[1] He also set a U.S. indoor record in the 60-yard low hurdles in 1940.[2] During World War II, he served as a fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps. He later worked as the head coach of the Purdue track team from 1946 to 1981. He was also an assistant football coach at Purdue in 1947 and 1948. He was also the U.S. track team coach at the 1975 World University Games.[2] He has been inducted into the Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame (1998), the Indiana Football Hall of Fame (1977) and the Drake Relays Coaches Hall of Fame (1995).[2] Rankin died in 2006 at the age of 87.[2][3]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
    2. ^ a b c d "Dave Rankin Dies At 87: Purdue Hall of Famer excelled in football, track and field". PurdueSports.com. CBS Interactive. December 9, 2006. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
    3. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. David W. Rankin, last residence 47905 Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA, born February 2, 1919, died December 8, 2006, SSN issued in Indiana (Before 1951).
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