David Rankin
Rankin from the 1941 "Debris"
Date of birthFebruary 2, 1919
Date of deathDecember 8, 2006(2006-12-08) (aged 87)
Place of deathLafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)End
US collegePurdue University
Career history
As player
1938–1940Purdue Boilermakers
Career highlights and awards

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

  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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