.jpg) Langley withThe Wednesday in 1896 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1870-03-10)10 March 1870[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Horncastle, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 29 January 1937(1937-01-29) (aged 66)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Sheffield, England[1] | ||
| Position | Full back[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Grimsby Town | |||
| Middlesbrough Ironopolis | |||
| 1893–1904 | The Wednesday | 294 | (14) |
| 1905–1906 | Hull City | 13 | (0) |
| Total | 307+ | (14+) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1905–1913 | Hull City | ||
| 1919–1921 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ambrose Langley (10 March 1870 – 29 January 1937) was an Englishfootball player and manager. He was the manager ofHull City from 1905 until 1913. He was born in 6 South Street,Horncastle[2] and played over 300 games forThe Wednesday.
Langley was afull-back[3] who began his playing career with his local side Horncastle, moving toFootball Alliance sideGrimsby Town in 1889, and joiningMiddlesbrough Ironopolis in 1891, winning Northern League title medals in both seasons with theTeesside club.
He joined First DivisionThe Wednesday in 1893,[4] winning anFA Cup winners medal in1896. They also won the Second Division title in 1900 and the Football League title in 1903 and 1904 while Langley was at the club.
Despite suffering a rib injury that curtailed his career in the top flight, Langley was appointed as player-manager ofHull City in 1905.[5] In his first season in charge, City finished in fifth place in the second division. In1908–09 he led them to fourth place. In1909–10 they finished third, and only missed out on promotion to the top flight on goal average, losing 3–0 to promotion rivalsOldham in their final game of the season, having won eleven and drawn one of their previous twelve games.[3]
Langley resigned from Hull City at the end of the1912–13 season[3] and later managedHuddersfield Town.
He died inSheffield at the age of 66.[6]
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