Harold “Mick” Rankine made rapid progress in his football career in 1932. He was graded from the Homebush Junior Rugby League Club with team mate, Robert Shepherd.
He played mainly Reserve Grade. However he had the opportunity to play First Grade during the final series of 1932 due to injuries.
Mick left Wests in 1933 with Robert Shepherd to join the Cessnock Club, in the Hunter Valley.
He and Robert Shepherd were granted clearances by Wests as both had suffered from a long run of unemployment and were compelled to grasp the opportunity of securing something to tide them over the winter months. It was the time of the Great Depression.
