title: Carl Langton
text: # Carl Langton
  
  Carl John Langton (1920-2003) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played in the New South Wales premiership competition for two different Sydney clubs and was later a top-grade referee.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  Langton played rugby league for North Sydney for four seasons: 1942, 1944, 1946–1947. He then joined the St George Dragons for two seasons between 1949 and 1950. He won a premiership with St George, playing second-row in the 1949 Grand Final when his side beat South Sydney Rabbitohs 19–12.
  
  He retired from Sydney football at the end of the 1950 NSWRFL season. He later became a first grade referee.
  
  Langton died on 10 December 2003 aged 83.
  
  