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John Lang was born on 7 November, 1950, is an Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer. Discover John Lang's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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John Lang Height, Weight & Measurements

At 73 years old, John Lang height is 177 cm and Weight 13 st.

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Weight 13 st
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John Lang Net Worth

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1950

John Lang (born 7 November 1950) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s through to the 2010s.

A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative, he played his club football in Brisbane with the Eastern Suburbs Tigers and in Sydney with the Eastern Suburbs Roosters.

1969

Lang was a with Brisbane club, Easts Tigers from 1969 to 1979.

1972

He won three premierships with the club in 1972, 1977 and 1978.

Also in 1972 Lang played for Brisbane in the last ever Bulimba Cup final against Toowoomba, winning 55-2.

1973

Lang was one of only two Queenslanders selected for the 1973 Australian Kangaroo tour to France.

1974

Lang also played a test in 1974 against Great Britain and again in 1980 against New Zealand.

1975

In 1975 he was a member of the victorious Australian team which won the Rugby League World Cup.

1980

In 1980, Lang accepted an offer from former Kangaroo teammate, Bob Fulton, to move to Sydney to play for Eastern Suburbs.

Lang played on the losing side in the 1980 grand final against Canterbury-Bankstown.

Although Lang played in nineteen state matches for Queensland, he also played for New South Wales in 1980.

The inaugural year of State of Origin contests, only one match of three was played under a state of origin rules and, as a Sydney-based player, Lang was selected to play in the first match, playing a starring role in the win over Queensland.

He then returned to Queensland for the third game of the series (and first ever match between the two states played under the origin selection rule), where Queensland defeated New South Wales 20–10.

After retiring as a player at the end of his successful 1980 season, Lang returned to Brisbane to coach Brisbane Easts Tigers from 1981–1984 and again from 1990–1993.

1983

He won premierships with the club in 1983 and 1991 and runners-up in 1992 and 1993.

1994

In 1994, Lang took over from Arthur Beetson as coach of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

1995

Lang was awarded the Dally M Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1999.

1997

Lang also coached the Australian Super League test team in 1997.

Lang's son, Martin Lang, also played for the Sharks, Panthers, Queensland and Australia, and uniquely played his entire first-grade career with his father as coach.

As part of Super League, Lang took the Sharks to the 1997 Super League grand final against the Brisbane Broncos, losing 26–8.

In the same year, Lang coached the Australian Super League team in five international matches against New Zealand (including a win in the inaugural ANZAC Test) and Great Britain.

Although these matches are considered tests by the rest of the world's governing bodies, they are not given full test status by Australian Rugby League.

2000

In 2000 Lang was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league.

2001

Lang announced his intention to leave the Sharks at the end of the 2001 NRL season before it had even begun, in February, but it wasn't until late September that year that he signed with the Panthers on a three-year contract.

2002

Despite losing the first eight games of the 2002 NRL season, Lang was able to develop a side capable of contending for the finals.

2003

After playing, Lang became a first-grade coach in Brisbane with Easts, then in Sydney with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Penrith Panthers (with whom he won the 2003 NRL premiership) and South Sydney Rabbitohs.

In his finest coaching achievement, Penrith defeated the Sydney Roosters in the 2003 NRL grand final by 18–6, thereby answering his detractors at Cronulla who argued that the Sharks could never win a premiership under Lang.

2004

The Panthers finished fourth after the 2004 NRL season and were eliminated by the Bulldogs one game short of the grand final.

2005

Penrith narrowly missed the finals in 2005.

2006

In February, 2006, Panther's CEO, Glenn Matthews, announced that Matthew Elliott would take over from Lang as coach of the Panthers at the end of the 2006 season.

The Panthers subsequently missed the finals and finished in the tenth position.

2008

The South Sydney Rabbitohs, in May 2008, appointed Lang as their football consultant, overseeing the club's structure and providing advice to head coach, Jason Taylor.

2009

Following the sacking of Jason Taylor in September 2009, Lang was appointed as the head coach of South Sydney for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

2011

He retired from coaching at the end of the 2011 NRL season.