Past Captains - The Rangers Archives

Past Captains — The Rangers Archives

Glasgow Rangers FC

Past
Captains.

From Tom Vallance in 1876 — the first known club captain — to James Tavernier today. Every man who has had the honour of leading Rangers Football Club onto the pitch.

Captains

1876

First captain

13yrs

Longest tenure

Notable firsts

First captain

Tom Vallance · 1876

Longest serving

John Greig & Jock Shaw · 13 years each

First non-Scottish captain

Bert Manderson (Ireland) · 1926

First non-British captain

Brian Laudrup (Denmark) · 1997

First Catholic captain

Lorenzo Amoruso (Italy) · 1998

First goalkeeper captain

Stefan Klos (Germany) · 2004

Current captain

James Tavernier · 2018–present

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36 captains

Captains who served fewer than 90 days are not included in this list. Gavin Rae (12 days, 2007) and Carlos Bocanegra (33 days, 2012) fall outside this threshold.

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