Ed Langdon
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ed Langdon | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne | ||
Original team(s) | Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup) | ||
Draft | No. 54, 2014 national draft | ||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Melbourne | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2015–2019 | Fremantle | 68 (33) | |
2020– | Melbourne | 111 (43) | |
Total | 179 (76) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ed Langdon (born 1 February 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
[edit]Langdon participated in the Auskick program at Glen Iris, Victoria.[1] He played his junior football with the Glen Iris Gladiators and Prahran. He played for Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup.
He grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak.
AFL career
[edit]Originally recruited by the Fremantle Football Club as the club's 3rd, and the 54th overall draft pick in the 2014 AFL draft,[2] he made his debut in Round 22 of the 2015 AFL season against Melbourne at Domain Stadium, after playing well for Fremantle's reserves team, Peel Thunder, in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).[3] After 5 seasons and 68 games, Langdon was traded to Melbourne at the conclusion of the 2019 season.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Langdon's older brother Tom, also played in the AFL for the Collingwood Football Club, before announcing his retirement in November 2020.[2]
Statistics
[edit]Updated to the end of 2024.[5]
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Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2015 | Fremantle | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 16.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0 |
2016 | Fremantle | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 100 | 105 | 205 | 34 | 35 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 15.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 |
2017 | Fremantle | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 81 | 179 | 42 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 17.9 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 0 |
2018 | Fremantle | 26 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 279 | 191 | 470 | 121 | 61 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 9.1 | 22.4 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 0 |
2019 | Fremantle | 26 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 320 | 230 | 550 | 131 | 42 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 10.5 | 25.0 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 2 |
2020[a] | Melbourne | 15 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 216 | 125 | 341 | 88 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 7.4 | 20.1 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0 |
2021#[b] | Melbourne | 15 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 315 | 209 | 524 | 130 | 45 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 13.1 | 8.7 | 21.8 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 0 |
2022[c] | Melbourne | 15 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 286 | 206 | 492 | 95 | 30 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 21.4 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 7 |
2023 | Melbourne | 15 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 272 | 218 | 490 | 93 | 54 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 19.6 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 0 |
2024 | Melbourne | 15 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 243 | 206 | 449 | 119 | 53 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 20.4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | |
Career | 179 | 76 | 75 | 2149 | 1584 | 3733 | 865 | 366 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 20.9 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 9 |
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ Statistics include one game in which Langdon was substituted out of the game due to injury (round 11).
- ^ 2022 statistics include one game in which Langdon was substituted out of the game due to injury (round 10) and was replaced by Toby Bedford.
Honours and achievements
[edit]Team
- AFL premiership player (Melbourne): 2021
- McClelland Trophy (Melbourne): 2021
- WAFL premiership player (Peel Thunder): 2016
Individual
- 22under22 team: 2018
- Fremantle Players' Award: 2018
References
[edit]- ^ AFL Record. Round 1, 2022. pg 50
- ^ a b Elborough, Brad (1 December 2014). "AFL draft 2014: Ed Langdon knows all about Ross Lyon's 'hard work' mantra".
- ^ Dobson, John (28 August 2015). "TABtouch 22: Brotherly advice". fremantlefc.com.au.
- ^ @freodockers (11 October 2019). "Done deal with the Dees. We've..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Ed Langdon's player profile at AFL Tables
External links
[edit]- Ed Langdon's profile on the official website of the Melbourne Football Club
- Ed Langdon's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Fremantle Football Club players
- Peel Thunder Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Sandringham Dragons players
- People educated at Melbourne Grammar School
- Melbourne Football Club players
- Melbourne Football Club premiership players
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1990s birth stubs