Ambrose Langley (10 March 1870 – 29 January 1937) was an English football player and manager. He was the manager of

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

from 1905 until 1913. He was born in 6 South Street,

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and played over 300 games for

The Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an off ...

. Langley was a full-back who began his playing career with his local side Horncastle, moving to

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side

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...

in 1889, and joining

Middlesbrough Ironopolis Middlesbrough Ironopolis Football Club was a football club based in Middlesbrough, England. Although it was only in existence for five years, the club won three Northern League titles and two cup competitions, and once reached the FA Cup quar ...

in 1891, winning Northern League title medals in both seasons with the

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club. He joined First Division

in 1893, winning an

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winners medal in

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. They also won the Second Division title in 1900 and the Football League title in 1903 and 1904 while Langley was at the club. Despite suffering a rib injury that curtailed his career in the top flight, Langley was appointed as player-manager of

in 1905. In his first season in charge, City finished in fifth place in the second division. In 1908–09 he led them to fourth place. In 1909–10 they finished third, and only missed out on promotion to the top flight on goal average, losing 3–0 to promotion rivals

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in their final game of the season, having won eleven and drawn one of their previous twelve games. Langley resigned from Hull City at the end of the 1912–13 season and later managed

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...

. He died in

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at the age of 66.

References

1870 births 1937 deaths English men's footballers Grimsby Town F.C. players Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players English football managers Hull City A.F.C. managers Huddersfield Town A.F.C. managers English Football League representative players Men's association football defenders People from Horncastle, Lincolnshire English Football League players {{England-footy-manager-stub