Chris Langford

Chris Langford
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-01-02) 2 January 1963 (age 61)
Original team(s) Melbourne Grammar
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1983–1997 Hawthorn 303 (33)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997.
Career highlights

Club

Representative

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Chris Langford (born 2 January 1963) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who has been an AFL Commissioner since 1999.

Player

Langford is best known for his 303-game career for the Hawthorn Football Club between 1983 and 1997.

Langford played his early games for Hawthorn on the wing or as the second ruckman. He had a good leap, which compensated for his lack of height. It was after the retirement of Peter Knights and David O'Halloran that he switched to full-back. It was that position in which he won his first All-Australian selection in 1987.

A defender, Langford won four premierships with Hawthorn, in 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991. He captained the club in the 1994 season and earned a second All-Australian selection.

He holds a place on the interchange bench in Hawthorn's Team of the Century.

Late in his career, Langford moved to Sydney where he "did a Minton", working as an accountant and commuting to Melbourne to train and play with his club. In 2012, he moved back to Melbourne.

Merger game

Langford's antics at the end of the merger game against Melbourne in 1996 inspired many Hawthorn members to vote against the merger proposal. Langford (Hawthorn's full-back) took off his Hawthorn jumper and proudly held it above his head while leaving the field. Langford was only one of the active playing list to display his disapproval of the plan.

Statistics

[1]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1983 Hawthorn 28 11 3 9 105 66 171 39 — 0.3 0.8 9.5 6.0 15.5 3.5 — 0
1984 Hawthorn 28 22 17 19 185 62 247 54 — 0.8 0.9 8.4 2.8 11.2 2.5 — 1
1985 Hawthorn 28 22 2 7 190 74 264 62 — 0.1 0.3 8.6 3.4 12.0 2.8 — 0
1986† Hawthorn 28 23 0 0 216 96 312 64 — 0.0 0.0 9.4 4.2 13.6 2.8 — 5
1987 Hawthorn 24 26 1 2 265 114 379 98 26 0.0 0.1 10.2 4.4 14.6 3.8 1.0 0
1988† Hawthorn 24 22 2 1 223 77 300 75 16 0.1 0.0 10.1 3.5 13.6 3.4 0.7 5
1989† Hawthorn 24 23 0 1 216 96 312 82 19 0.0 0.0 9.4 4.2 13.6 3.6 0.8 2
1990 Hawthorn 24 20 2 0 164 68 232 62 13 0.1 0.0 8.2 3.4 11.6 3.1 0.7 3
1991† Hawthorn 24 25 0 0 231 86 317 72 29 0.0 0.0 9.2 3.4 12.7 2.9 1.2 2
1992 Hawthorn 24 23 4 0 185 79 264 49 20 0.2 0.0 8.0 3.4 11.5 2.1 0.9 0
1993 Hawthorn 24 21 0 0 192 85 277 50 38 0.0 0.0 9.1 4.0 13.2 2.4 1.8 4
1994 Hawthorn 24 18 0 3 132 87 219 64 22 0.0 0.2 7.3 4.8 12.2 3.6 1.2 11
1995 Hawthorn 24 18 0 1 160 79 239 54 21 0.0 0.1 8.9 4.4 13.3 3.0 1.2 2
1996 Hawthorn 24 21 1 0 248 58 306 97 30 0.0 0.0 11.8 2.8 14.6 4.6 1.4 3
1997 Hawthorn 24 8 1 2 77 21 98 32 6 0.1 0.3 9.6 2.6 12.3 4.0 0.8 0
Career 303 33 45 2789 1148 3937 954 240 0.1 0.1 9.2 3.8 13.0 3.1 1.1 38

Career

After his career, he moved into game administration and was appointed to the AFL Commission in 1999.

Family

Chris' son Will was recruited to Hawthorn in the 2011 Rookie draft, and was upgraded to the Hawthorn senior list in June 2013. Will played in the 2014 premiership with the Hawks, with the Langfords becoming the second father–son premiership players at the club after Peter and Paul Hudson in 1971 and 1991, respectively. His son Lachlan was selected in the 2014 rookie draft but never played a game; he played four games for Box Hill in 2016.[2]

References

  1. ^ Stephen Silvagni's player profile at AFL Tables
  2. ^ "Australian Football – Lachlan Langford – Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.