Ed Langdon

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).

Edward Langdon
Langdon playing for former team Fremantle in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Ed Langdon
Date of birth	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 26)
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 career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2015–2019	Fremantle	68 (33)
2020–	Melbourne	64 (28)
Total		132 (61)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player: 2021 22under22 team: 2018 Peel Thunder premiership side 2016
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Langdon participated in the Auskick program at Glen Iris, Victoria.^[1] He played his junior football with the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup.

AFL career

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

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

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.^[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
Career			132	61	55	1634	1159	2793	653	259	0.5	0.4	12.4	8.8	21.2	4.9	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

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

1. AFL Record. Round 1, 2022. pg 50
2. 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

External links

• Ed Langdon's profile on the official website of the Melbourne Football Club
• Ed Langdon's playing statistics from AFL Tables