| Chris Langford | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1963-01-02)2 January 1963 (age 62) | ||
| Original team | Melbourne Grammar | ||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||
| Position | 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
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Chris Langford (born 2 January 1963) is a former professionalAustralian rules footballer who has been anAFL Commissioner since 1999.
Langford is best known for his 303-game career for theHawthorn 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 firstAll-Australian selection in 1987.
A defender, Langford won four premierships with Hawthorn, in1986,1988,1989 and1991. He captained the club in the1994 season and earned a second All-Australian selection.
He holds a place on the interchange bench inHawthorn's Team of the Century.
Late in his career, Langford moved toSydney 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.
Langford's antics at the end of themerger 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.
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 | ||
After his career, he moved into game administration and was appointed to theAFL Commission in 1999.
Chris' sonWill was recruited to Hawthorn in the 2011 Rookie draft, and was upgraded to the Hawthorn senior list in June 2013. Will played in the2014 premiership with the Hawks, with the Langfords becoming the secondfather–son premiership players at the club afterPeter andPaul Hudson in1971 and1991, respectively. His son Lachlan was selected in the 2014 rookie draft but never played a game; he played four games forBox Hill in 2016.[2]