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Graeme Langlands, MBE, (born 1 September 1941) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s.〔 〕 He retired as the most-capped player for the Australian national team with 45 international appearances from 1963 to 1975, and captained his country in 15 Test matches and World Cup games. Langlands was the full-back and goal-kicker for the St. George Dragons in the latter half of their 11-year consecutive premiership-winning run from 1956 to 1966. ==Playing career== Born in Wollongong, New South Wales on 2 September 1941, Langlands represented Combined NSW High Schools from 1955 to 1957 and was playing 1st grade with the Wollongong Club in the Illawarra competition at age 18. The fullback got his first big break with selection for Country Firsts in 1962 following the withdrawal of Newcastle's Les Johns due to injury. That same year he made the first of a record 33 interstate matches for New South Wales over 14 seasons. With Billy Smith who also joined St George in 1963, Langlands added new firepower to the aging Dragons champion line up, initially as Reg Gasnier's centre partner, but later moving to fullback. On field Langlands and Smith demonstrated a magical telepathy and an intuitive understanding of each other's kicking and positional game. He made his Test debut as a centre against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1963. The depth of selectors' fullback options, including incumbents Ken Thornett then Les Johns, meant that Langlands spent the first four years of his Test career at centre. He excelled there and in the Ashes deciding 2nd Test at Station Road in Swinton against Great Britain on the 1963–64 Kangaroo Tour he scored an Anglo-Australian record of 20 individual points in the historic 50–12 "Swinton massacre". 1963 also saw the Kangaroos win The Ashes in England for the first time as solely an Australian team (the 1911-12 Kangaroo Tour had included New Zealand players), starting a run from 1963 until the present where Australia hasn't lost a series on a Kangaroo Tour. Thereafter Langlands played international football for Australia every season for 13 seasons. Later in the 60s and early 1970s St George got their best value out of Smith and Langlands when all of the stars of the long reign had gone. It was largely due to their combined class that the club remained competitive up till 1975. He was awarded Life Membership of the St. George Dragons in 1973.〔Dragons- Our Proud History website〕 Langlands played in four St George Grand final winning sides, including 1966 where he kicked seven goals to beat Balmain. He was the competition's leading point scorer in season 1971 and season 1973. He was the Dragon's top point scorer in first grade in 10 seasons between 1963 and 1975. He first captained Australia for the 1970 Ashes series and thereafter barring injury for the next five years. He was Captain-Coach for the 1972 World Cup series, the 1973 Kangaroo tour and the 1974 Test Series at home against Great Britain. In the deciding 3rd game in 1974, Langlands' final and most memorable of his 34 Test appearances, he played a magnificent match to win the Ashes, scoring a try and kicking two goals to take his career tally against Great Britain over the 100 point mark. The Kangaroos thus came from 16–10 behind at half-time to win the match 22–18, with Langlands kicking the goal which gave his side their winning lead. After the game he was carried aloft from the field by his team-mates with the 55,505 strong SCG crowd chanting "Changa, Changa". Since the 1974 series, Australia has not yet lost The Ashes to either Great Britain or England. Langlands last captained Australia in their undefeated four match campaign of the 1975 World Cup. He was the last Kangaroo selected in the dual Captain-Coach role. He also retired with the record of Australia's top point-scorer against Great Britain until surpassed by Mal Meninga in 1992. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graeme Langlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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