years clubs birth_place statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
1977 -- 1990 swan districts cummins , south australia 1990 scotch college , perth 7 may 1959 don langsford
 don langsford
don langsford

donald leslie `` don '' langsford -lrb- born 7 may 1959 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who was highly successful in the west australian football league -lrb- wafl -rrb- playing for the swan districts football club .
langsford was initially recruited from the scotch college , perth and commenced his long wafl career in 1977 .
a noted defender , langsford played mostly on the half back flank , but still managed to kick 60 career goals .
he also played in four wafl grandfinals .
swan distrcits entered a period of remarkable success in the early 1980s by winning a hat-trick of premierships in 1981 , 1982 and 1983 with langsford being an integral part of the team .
his best year was in 1983 when he was awarded the `` westside football '' player of the year award .
in 1985-1986 he captained swan districts football club as well as the wa state team and in his career played a total of 5 games for wa .
in 1987 langsford was recruited as part of the west coast eagles inaugural team in the afl , but only ever played in one pre-season game for the team .
john todd rated langsford as one of the seven best players he coached at swan districts .
he is listed in the swan districts team of the century as an interchange player .
then in later 2008 was named in the scotch college football team of the century adding to his collection of great achievements .
