Carl Langton | |
Fullname: | Carl John Langton |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1920 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Cambridge Park, New South Wales, Australia |
Retired: | yes |
Club1: | North Sydney |
Year1start: | 1942 |
Year1end: | 47 |
Appearances1: | 24 |
Tries1: | 3 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 9 |
Club2: | St George Dragons |
Year2start: | 1949 |
Year2end: | 50 |
Appearances2: | 19 |
Tries2: | 3 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
Points2: | 9 |
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.
Langton 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.
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]