This is due to the Rankin did not play hockey for professionals. He performed in his hometown of Stratford, Ontario and Toronto in the afternoon from 1904 to 1914. NHL wasnot even officially until 1917.
Rankin, who was from a family full of hockey stars, no sense of hockey in Stratford. Jumpwonderful skater and stickhandler, Rankin, one of the best Rovers all time, to Toronto,where he led the Eatons to two titles in a large region in 1911 and 1912. He later moved to San Miguel, and a reduction in the final in 1913 and 1914.
In the region, which also had Foyston Frank, Harry A. Meeking Skinner, and was the starRover Rankin set each of these stations, which is always a challenge to achieve the goalof the score of the tournament. Took in 1911 and 1913 (when he scored 22 goals in 5games). In total scored 63 goals in 21 games during four seasons, plus 15 in 13 gameslast comma.
The greatness of famous teams and pro desired. Rejected $ 2,500 for a season, a large sum of money at that time. Teams from both Ottawa and Toronto offered large sums ofmoney, but he flatly refused to give his fans, especially because he did not want to give upyour regular (his career remains a mystery to me right now).
Rankin and short of a career in the First World War, where he joined the Canadian Armed Forces.
