| Ralph Dain | |
| Birth Date: | 1862 |
| Birth Place: | Burslem, England |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthclubs1: | Smallthorne |
| Years1: | 1882–1886 |
| Clubs1: | Port Vale |
| Caps1: | 61[1] |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Totalcaps: | 61 |
| Totalgoals: | 2 |
Ralph Dain (born 1862; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played as a defender for Port Vale in the 1880s.
Dain was a right-back in Port Vale's first recorded game, in a 5–1 defeat at nearby Stoke in a Staffordshire Senior Cup second round replay on 9 December 1882.[2] He was also in the sides that won the North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup in 1883 and that won the Burslem Challenge Cup and shared the former trophy in 1885.[2] On 13 February 1886 he scored in the FA Cup fifth round replay with Brentwood, which finished 3–3.[2] He remained a first-team regular until losing his place in February and most likely departing at the end of the season.[2]
Source:
| Club | Season | Division | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Port Vale | 1882–83 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1883–84 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 1884–85 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 1885–86 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 2 | |||
| Total | 4 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 61 | 2 | |||
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