Vincent Trevor Ranson (29 March 1912 – 6 October 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Launceston and Scottsdale in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) and St Kilda in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). He was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Ranson appeared in the opening two rounds of the

1934 VFL season The 1934 VFL season was the 38th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 5 May until 13 October, and comprised an 18-g ...

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. 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 Scottsdale as their inaugural captain-coach in 1948. Ranson also served in the Australian Army during World War II.

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* 1912 births 1996 deaths St Kilda Football Club players Launceston Football Club players Launceston Football Club coaches Scottsdale Football Club players Scottsdale Football Club coaches Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees People from Scottsdale, Tasmania {{AFL-bio-1912-stub