- Chris Langford
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Chris Langford Personal information Birth 2 January 1963 Recruited from Melbourne Grammar Height and weight 193 cm / 96 kg Playing career¹ Team(s) Hawthorn (1983-97)
- 303 games, 33 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1997 season Chris Langford (born 2 January 1963) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a game administrator.
Langford is best known for his 303 game career for the Hawthorn Hawks between 1983 and 1997. He captained the club in the 1994 season and earned All-Australian selection. It was his second All Australian, having been included in the 1987 side. A defender, Langford won four premierships with Hawthorn, in 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991. He holds a place on the interchange bench in Hawthorn's official 'Team of the Century'.
Late in his career, Langford moved to Sydney where he worked as an accountant, commuting to Melbourne to training and play with his club.
After his career, he moved into game administration and was appointed to the AFL Commission in 1999.
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Captains of the Hawthorn Football Club 1925: Jackson • 1926: Minogue/Burke • 1927: Lethlean • 1928: Sutton • 1929: Chadwick • 1930–1931: Harris • 1932: Mills • 1933: Twomey • 1934: Mills • 1935–1937: McAlpine • 1938: Mills • 1939: Thomas • 1940–1941: Mills • 1942: Carmody • 1943: Williams • 1944: Bohan • 1945: Shea • 1946: Bohan • 1947–1949: Albiston • 1950–1951: O'Donohue/Curran • 1952: O'Donohue • 1953–1954: Fletcher • 1955–1959: Kennedy • 1960–1964: Arthur • 1965: Arthur/Peck • 1966–1968: Arthur • 1969–1973: Parkin • 1974–1975: Crimmins • 1976–1980: Scott • 1981–1985: Matthews • 1986–1991: Tuck • 1992–1993: Ayres • 1994: Langford • 1995–1998: Dunstall • 1999–2004: Crawford • 2005–2007: Vandenberg • 2008–2010: Mitchell • 2011: HodgeDavid Hart (West Coast) • Stephen Silvagni (Carlton) • Chris Langford (Hawthorn)
Guy McKenna (West Coast) • Glen Jakovich (West Coast) • Michael Mansfield (Geelong)Midfielders
Stephen Tingay (Melbourne) • Greg Williams (Carlton) (Captain) • Peter Matera (West Coast)Forwards
Gavin Brown (Collingwood) • Wayne Carey (North Melbourne) • Garry Lyon (Melbourne)
Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn) • Gary Ablett, Sr. (Geelong) • Ben Allan (Hawthorn)Categories:- 1963 births
- People educated at Melbourne Grammar School
- Living people
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Hawthorn Football Club players
- All-Australians
- Victorian State of Origin players
- Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
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