Cliff Lang

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| full_name = Clifford Walter Patrick Lang

| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|07|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Multan, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|03|04|1909|07|02|df=y}}

| death_place = Java, Dutch East Indies

| height = 6 ft 2 in

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| position = Prop

| repyears1 = 1938

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Australia}}

| repcaps1 = 2

| reppoints1 = 0

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Clifford Walter Patrick Lang (2 July 1909 — 4 March 1942) was an Australian rugby union international.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205284546 |title=Roll Of Honor |newspaper=The Age |date=21 March 1942 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Lang was born in Multan (then part of British India) and educated at Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.{{cite web |title=Clifford Walter Patrick Lang |url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/clifford-walter-patrick-lang |website=classicwallabies.com.au |language=en}}

A prop, Lang played his early rugby for Bedford and in 1927 immigrated to Melbourne, where he turned out for Harlequins and Footscray. His interstate performances for Victoria brought him to the attention of Wallabies selectors and he was capped in two Bledisloe Cup matches against the All Blacks in 1938.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42247763 |title=Sportlight on Sport |newspaper=Cairns Post |date=24 May 1940 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} His year of birth is the matter of some dispute and he may have been as old as 38 or 39 at the time of his Test debut.{{cite news |last1=Growden |first1=Greg |title=After many miles, veteran Van speeding towards Wallabies destination |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/after-many-miles-veteran-van-speeding-towards-wallabies-destination-20101005-1668i.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=5 October 2010 |language=en}}

Lang was killed in action in Java in 1942, while serving as a Lieutenant with the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion