Trevor Ranson was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for Launceston

Launceston Football Club

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 in the North Tasmanian Football Association

Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986)

The Northern Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1886 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and North West Football Union representing the rest of the state...

 (NTFA) and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL). He was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame

Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame

The Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame was established to help recognise outstanding services and overall contribution made to the sport of Australian rules football in Tasmania. Any participant of the sport, including players, umpires, media personalities and coaches, may be inducted...

 in 2005.

Ranson appeared in the opening two rounds of the 1934 VFL season

1934 VFL season

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 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

1933 Sydney Carnival

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. 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 coach.