# Gavin Lang

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{{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](/source/Larkhall), Scotland
|death_date  = {{death date and age|df=y|1989|02|19|1926|03|21}}
|death_place = [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham), Wales
|position    = [Winger](/source/Midfielder)
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = [Burnbank Athletic](/source/Burnbank_Athletic_F.C.)
|youthyears2 = 1943–1946
|youthclubs2 = [Partick Thistle](/source/Partick_Thistle_F.C.)
|years1      = 1946–1948
|years2      = 1948–1950
|years3      =
|years4      =
|years5      = 1956–1957
|clubs1 = [Partick Thistle](/source/Partick_Thistle_F.C.)
|clubs2      = [Arbroath](/source/Arbroath_F.C.)
|clubs3      = [Hereford United](/source/Hereford_United_F.C.)
|clubs4      = [Spalding United](/source/Spalding_United_F.C.)
|clubs5      = [Chester](/source/Chester_City_F.C.)
|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](/source/association_football) who played as a [winger](/source/midfielder) in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) for [Chester](/source/Chester_City_F.C.).<ref name="neilbrown" /><ref>{{Hugman|11329|accessdate=15 February 2017}}</ref> His father [Tommy](/source/Tommy_Lang_(footballer%2C_born_1906)) was also a footballer whose longest spell was with [Newcastle United](/source/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>

==References==

<references>

<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>

</references>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Gavin}}
Category:1926 births
Category:1989 deaths
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Partick Thistle F.C. players
Category:Burnbank Athletic F.C. players
Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players
Category:Arbroath F.C. players
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Hereford United F.C. players
Category:Spalding United F.C. players
Category:Chester City F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Footballers from Larkhall
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen

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