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Gary Langley

English rugby league player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ5525436 ↗
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Gareth (Gary) "Gaz"/"Gazza"/"Lang" Langley (born 24 October 1984) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Salford City Reds and St. Helens in the Super League before moving on to Oldham. He was by preference a wing, and could kick goals. He made one first-grade appearance in St Helens' 26-22 defeat away to the Catalans Dragons in the 2006 Super League XI, a game in which Saints rested several of their regular first-team squad in preparation for their 2006 Challenge Cup Final with the Huddersfield Giants. In this game, he scored one try and kicked three goals. He moved to Oldham in 2006.

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“Gary Langley” enters the record as english rugby league player. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gary, Langley and English can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Gary, Langley and English.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5525436. The first chronological checks are 1984 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gary Langley” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.