Carl John Langton (1920-2003) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played in the New South Wales premiership competition for two different Sydney clubs and was later a top-grade referee.
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Full name | Carl John Langton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 29 June 1920|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 December 2003 Cambridge Park, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 83)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editLangton played rugby league for North Sydney for four seasons: 1942, 1944, 1946–1947. He then joined the St George Dragons for two seasons between 1949 and 1950. He won a premiership with St George, playing second-row in the 1949 Grand Final when his side beat South Sydney Rabbitohs 19–12.[1]
He retired from Sydney football at the end of the 1950 NSWRFL season.[1] He later became a first grade referee.[2]
Langton died on 10 December 2003 aged 83.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ "- Carl Langton (referee) - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Daily Telegraph - Death Notice 13/12/2003