[2] Ranson appeared in the opening two rounds of the 1934 VFL season before succumbing to a knee injury.
He then returned to his original club, Launceston, where he participated in seven premiership teams.
He played as a defender and won Launceston's 'Best and Fairest' award in 1937.
[3] Ranson also served in the Australian Army during World War II.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1912 is a stub.