John Lang (New Zealand rugby league)

John Henry Lang^[1][2] (1 August 1896 – 29 November 1971) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer.

Lang (third from left) in the Auckland team to play the second match against the Australian Universities side at the Auckland Domain on 24 June 1922

John Lang

Personal information
Full name	John Henry Lang
Born	(1896-08-01)1 August 1896
Died	29 November 1971(1971-11-29) (aged 75)
Playing information
Position	Stand-off
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1919–21 Maritime 30 8 10 1 36 1921–24 Marist Old Boys 38 16 7 1 66 1925–26 Athletic/Grafton Athletic (Maritime) 5 1 0 0 3 Total 73 25 17 2 105 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1919 Auckland Returned Soldiers 1 1 0 0 3 1919 New Zealand 2 1 0 0 3 1921–22 Auckland 8 4 0 0 12 1924 Auckland Province 1 0 0 0 0

A stand-off, Lang represented Auckland provincially.^[1] Lang played for Maritime in the Auckland Rugby League competition from 1919 to 1921. During the 1921 season he applied for reinstatement into Rugby Union but was refused and when he returned to league he switched to the Marist Old Boys club.

He was a member of the 1919 New Zealand Kiwis team that played Australia. Lang played in the first test, but did not represent New Zealand again afterwards.^[2]

References

1. "NZRL - Past Kiwis". www.nzrl.co.nz. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
2. "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ". www.nzleague.co.nz. Retrieved 27 August 2016.