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Ed Langdon

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Langdon playing for former team Fremantle in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ed Langdon
Date of birth (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28)
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

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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

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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

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Langdon's older brother Tom, also played in the AFL for the Collingwood Football Club, before announcing his retirement in November 2020.[2]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of 2024.[5]

Legend
  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
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Statistics include one game in which Langdon was substituted out of the game due to injury (round 11).
  3. ^ 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

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Team

Individual

References

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  1. ^ AFL Record. Round 1, 2022. pg 50
  2. ^ a b Elborough, Brad (1 December 2014). "AFL draft 2014: Ed Langdon knows all about Ross Lyon's 'hard work' mantra".
  3. ^ Dobson, John (28 August 2015). "TABtouch 22: Brotherly advice". fremantlefc.com.au.
  4. ^ @freodockers (11 October 2019). "Done deal with the Dees. We've..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Ed Langdon's player profile at AFL Tables
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