Allan Langer
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| Langer in 2009 | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Allan Jeffrey Langer | |||||
| Nickname | Alf, The Little General | |||||
| Born |
30 July 1966 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb) | |||||
| Position | Halfback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1986–87 | Ipswich Jets | |||||
| 1988–99 | Brisbane Broncos | 240 | 95 | 8 | 6 | 402 |
| 2000–01 | Warrington Wolves | 55 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 72 |
| 2002 | Brisbane Broncos | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | 313 | 116 | 12 | 6 | 494 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1987–02 | Queensland | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| 1997 | Queensland (SL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1988–98 | Australia | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 1997 | Australia (SL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: NRL Stats | ||||||
Allan Jeffrey "Alfie" Langer AM (born 30 July 1966) is an Australian former multi-award-winning rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s who works as an assistant coach for the Australian national team and Brisbane Broncos. He was one of the pre-eminent Half Backs of his era, representing Australia on many occasions and holding the record for most State of Origin appearances, until being surpassed by his club, state & country team-mate Darren Lockyer. Langer played most of his career as captain of the Brisbane Broncos, with whom he won the 1992 Clive Churchill Medal and Rothmans Medal, as well as four premierships and the club's player of the year award a record five times. The Allan Langer Medal, which is the Ipswich Jets' player of the year award was named in his honour. Alfie's Bar at the Broncos Leagues Club is also named after him.
The youngest of Queensland Rail worker Harry Langer's four sons, Allan Langer was born in Ipswich, Queensland on 30 July 1966. He grew up playing football at Ipswich's Northern Suburbs Tigers alongside his brothers. This combination of players would become known famously as "The Ipswich Connection".
Langer was selected as an Australian rugby league schoolboy representative in 1982. At 15 Langer's first job out of school was a truckie's offsider, delivering whitegoods. He then worked for the council making roads, but continued playing football.
Coached at the Ipswich Jets by former Australian international halfback Tommy Raudonikis, Langer was playing first grade when he was only 17 in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership by 1986. He played at halfback for Ipswich and in 1987 opposed his older brother Kevin, who was halfback of Wests. That year his selection from left field for the Wayne Bennett-coached Queensland side in the 1987 State of Origin series was questioned by several key figures in the Maroons camp. It was Raudonikis who stood up for him, backing Langer's selection and he made his Queensland debut in the 1987 State of Origin series while still playing for the Jets.Paul Vautin claims in his autobiography that in a team meeting, Bennett kept going on about where they were going to hide Langer in defense and so Vautin stood up and said he's a Queenslander and won't let us down. He was upset that no-one was defending him against Bennett comments. Langer's superb performance, including a man-of-the-match award in the decider, saw him signed on with the newly established Brisbane Broncos team who would enter the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1988.
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