Bobby Langton
| Bobby Langton | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Robert Langton | |
| birthday | September 8, 1918 | |
| place of birth | Burscough , England | |
| date of death | January 13, 1996 | |
| Place of death | Burscough , England | |
| position | Left winger | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| until 1937 | Burscough Victoria | |
| 1937-1948 | Blackburn Rovers | 107 (24) |
| 1948-1949 | Preston North End | 55 (14) |
| 1949-1953 | Bolton Wanderers | 118 (16) |
| 1953-1956 | Blackburn Rovers | 105 (33) |
| 1956-1957 | Ards FC | |
| 1957-1959 | Wisbech Town | |
| 1959 | Kidderminster Harriers | |
| 1959-1960 | Wisbech Town | |
| 1960 | Colwyn Bay | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1949-1950 | England B | 3 (0) |
| 1946-1950 | England | 11 (1) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| King's Lynn FC | ||
| Wisbech Town | ||
| 1965-1971 | Burscough FC | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Robert "Bobby" Langton (born September 8, 1918 in Burscough , † January 13, 1996 ibid) was an English football player . The goalscoring winger played eleven times for the English national team and was in 1953 with the Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup final .
Career
Langton completed in 1937 as a player from Burscough Victoria a test training with the second division Blackburn Rovers and moved in September as an amateur to Blackburn, in November he received a professional contract. His competitive debut for Blackburn was against Swansea Town in September 1938 and he was part of Blackburn's regular squad. To win the second division championship in 1938/39, he contributed with 14 hits in 37 missions. The outbreak of World War II shortly after the beginning of the 1939/40 season interrupted Langton's career for several years, during the war he served first in India for a long time and then in Northern Ireland. During this time he played for Glentoran FC , with whom he was in the final of the Irish Cup in 1945 . In the same year he represented the Irish League in a game against a military selection.
Langton, who could hit precise crosses from any position on the field, returned to Blackburn after his discharge from military service in early 1946 and rose there in September 1946 to the national team. On his international debut, he formed the storm line with Tom Finney , Raich Carter , Tommy Lawton and Wilf Mannion and scored the seventh English goal of the game in the 7-2 win against Northern Ireland. By 1950 he was used in a total of eleven games for England, but he did not take part in the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. He also played three times for the English B selection in 1949 and 1950 and has also represented the Football League since 1946 , including on a tour of Australia in 1951.
After Blackburn's relegation from the First Division in 1948, he left the club and moved to Preston North End for £ 16,000 . His time at Preston was not very successful for the winger, as early as 1949 the club was relegated to the Second Division and Langton moved to Bolton Wanderers in November for £ 20,000 . With Bolton he stood in 1953 against Blackpool FC in the final of the FA Cup . The final game, which went down in history as the Matthews Final , was lost to an outstanding Stanley Matthews 3: 4, Langton had brought his team 2: 1 in the 40th minute.
In the summer break of 1953, the winger, who used his hard shot promisingly when he pulled inside on his wing runs, returned to Blackburn and ended his career in the Football League three years later after a total of 87 goals in 385 missions. He continued his career at Ards FC in Northern Ireland and then played in non-league football at Wisbech Town , the Kidderminster Harriers and Colwyn Bay . In 1960 he finished his footballing career and subsequently took on various coaching duties at FC King's Lynn and Wisbech Town. His last position in football was between 1965 and 1971 as coach of Burscough FC .
Langton died after a brief illness on January 13, 1996, two years later the street at the Burscough venue was renamed Bobby Langton Way .
literature
- Mike Jackman: Blackburn Rovers - The Official Encyclopaedia . Breedon Books, Derby 1994, ISBN 1-873626-70-3 , pp. 140 f .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langton, Bobby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Langton, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burscough |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1996 |
| Place of death | Burscough |