Ernest Ranier
Ernest Edward Ranier (1908-1994) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Edward Ranier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 October 1908 London, England, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 June 1994 (aged 85) Bondi, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
London born, Ern Ranier arrived in Australia as a three-year-old in 1911 and was brought up in the Newtown area.
An exciting winger with a great turn of speed, Ern Ranier was graded at Newtown in 1930 and was in the First Grade team a year later. In 1934 he went to Cowra, New South Wales to take up a captain/coach position and in 1935 he was playing for Inverell, New South Wales.
In 1936 he returned to Sydney and he played two seasons at St. George. In 1938, Ranier joined Eastern Suburbs but failed to make First Grade, and in 1939 he played in the City Houses competition for Dunlop-Perdriau.[2]
Ranier was selected to play for New South Wales for one representative match in 1932.[3]
Ranier enlisted in the Australian Army in late 1939 [4] and during a brief home fisit in 1942, he turned out for his old team Newtown on one occasion in first grade.
Death
Ranier died on 18 June 1994 in Bondi, New South Wales aged 85.[5]
References
- "Ernest Ranier - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- Lithgow Mercury 28/4/1939 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219622507?searchTerm=%22e.ranier%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=193%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1939
- Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- WW2 Nominal Roll 'Ernest Ranier' http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=127893
- Sydney Morning Herald 21/6/1994