Carl Langton

Carl Langton

Personal information
Full name	Carl Spohn Langton
Born	29 June 1920 Sydney, New South Wales
Died	10 December 2003 Cambridge Park, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Second-row forward
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1942–47	North Sydney Bears	24	3	0	0	9
1949–50	St George Dragons	19	3	0	0	9
	Total	43	6	0	0	18

Carl Spohn Langton (1920-2003) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1940s who played in the New South Wales premiership competition for two different Sydney clubs and was later a top-grade referee.

Career

Carl Langton played rugby league for the North Sydney Bears for four seasons: 1942, 1944, 1946-1947. He then joined the St George Dragons for two seasons between 1949-1950. 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 graded referee.^[2]

Carl Langton died on 10 December 2003.^[3]

Langton (front 2nd from left) in St. George's 1949 premiership-winning team

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