{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Gavin Lang |fullname = |birth_date = 21 March 1926 |birth_place = Larkhall, Scotland |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1989|02|19|1926|03|21}} |death_place = Wrexham, Wales |position = Winger |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Burnbank Athletic |youthyears2 = 1943–1946 |youthclubs2 = Partick Thistle |years1 = 1946–1948 |years2 = 1948–1950 |years3 = |years4 = |years5 = 1956–1957 |clubs1 = Partick Thistle |clubs2 = Arbroath |clubs3 = Hereford United |clubs4 = Spalding United |clubs5 = Chester |caps1 = |caps2 = 41 |caps3 = |caps4 = |caps5 = 3 |goals1 = |goals2 = 12 |goals3 = |goals4 = |goals5 = 0 |totalcaps = 44 |totalgoals = 12 }} '''Gavin Lang''' (21 March 1926 – 19 February 1989) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Chester.<ref name="neilbrown" /><ref>{{Hugman|11329|accessdate=15 February 2017}}</ref> His father Tommy was also a footballer whose longest spell was with Newcastle United in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite book|last=McGlone |first=David |last2=McLure |first2=Bill |year=1987 |title=The Juniors - 100 Years. A Centenary History of Scottish Junior Football| page=258|publisher=Mainstream |isbn=1-85158-060-3}}</ref>

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<ref name="neilbrown"> {{cite web | url = http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/chester/chester.html | title = Chester City: 1946/47 – 1999/2000 & 2004/05 – 2008/09 | publisher = Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database | last = Brown | first = Neil | date = 2 September 2012 | accessdate = 3 November 2012 }} </ref>

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