Ed Langdon

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ed Langdon

| image = Ed Langdon 190425.jpg

| caption = Langdon with Melbourne in April 2025

| fullname = Ed Langdon

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|02|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)

| draftpick = No. 54, 2014 national draft

| height = 182cm

| weight = 78kg

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = {{AFL Mel}}

| guernsey = 15

| years1 = 2015–2019

| club1 = {{AFL Fre}}

| games_goals1 = 68 (33)

| years2 = 2020–

| club2 = {{AFL Mel}}

| games_goals2 = 118 (46)

| games_goalstotal = 186 (79)

| statsend = round 7, 2025

| careerhighlights =

}}

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).

Early life

Langdon participated in the Auskick program at Glen Iris, Victoria.AFL Record. Round 1, 2022. pg 50 He played his junior football with the Glen Iris Gladiators and Prahran. He played for Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup.

He grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak.

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,{{cite news|title=AFL draft 2014: Ed Langdon knows all about Ross Lyon's 'hard work' mantra|date=1 December 2014|first=Brad |last=Elborough|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/trading-and-drafting/afl-draft-2014-ed-langdon-knows-all-about-ross-lyons-hard-work-mantra-20141201-11xxk5.html}} 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2015-08-28/tabtouch-22|work=fremantlefc.com.au|title= TABtouch 22: Brotherly advice|first=John |last=Dobson |date=28 August 2015}} After 5 seasons and 68 games, Langdon was traded to Melbourne at the conclusion of the 2019 season.{{cite tweet|number=1182460635176562688|user=freodockers|title=Done deal with the Dees. We’ve...|date=11 October 2019}}

Personal life

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

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2024.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/E/Ed_Langdon.html Ed Langdon's player profile at AFL Tables]

| 2015 || {{AFL Fre}} || 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 || {{AFL Fre}} || 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 || {{AFL Fre}} || 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 || {{AFL Fre}} || 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 || {{AFL Fre}} || 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{{efn|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.}} || {{AFL Mel}} || 15

| 17 || 2 || 8 || 216 || 125 || 341 || 88 || 22 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 12.7 || 7.4 || 20.1 || 5.2 || 1.3 || 0

| scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | 2021^#{{efn|Statistics include one game in which Langdon was substituted out of the game due to injury (round 11).}} || {{AFL Mel}} || 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{{efn|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.}} || {{AFL Mel}} || 15

| 23 || 13 || 7 || 286 || 206 || 492 || 95 || 30 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 12.4 || 9.0 || 21.4 || 4.1 || 1.3 || 7

| 2023 || {{AFL Mel}} || 15

| 25 || 6 || 10 || 272 || 218 || 490 || 93 || 54 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 10.9 || 8.7 || 19.6 || 3.7 || 2.2 || 0

| 2024 || {{AFL Mel}} || 15

| 22 || 9 || 10 || 243 || 206 || 449 || 119 || 53 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 11.0 || 9.4 || 20.4 || 5.4 || 2.4 ||

|- class=sortbottom

! colspan=3 | Career

! 179 !! 76 !! 75 !! 2149 !! 1584 !! 3733 !! 865 !! 366 !! 0.4 !! 0.4 !! 12.0 !! 8.8 !! 20.9 !! 4.8 !! 2.0 !! 9

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