Alex 'Bongo' Lang (born March 12, 1888) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Carlton Football Club in the VFL. Despite being a 3 time premiership player, Lang will be remembered by history as the joint record holder for the longest ban received from the tribunal. March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Carlton Football Club logo The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues for their dark blue playing colors, is one of the oldest, richest, and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... Carlton Football Club logo The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues for their dark blue playing colors, is one of the oldest, richest, and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Australian rules football (also known as Aussie Rules or Footy) is a game played between two teams of 18 players, generally played on cricket ovals during the winter months. ... The Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ...

Recruited by coach Jack Worrall in 1905, Lang debuted for Carlton in the opening round of the following season. He played as a rover, winning premierships in his first 3 years at the club and in 1909 was voted by 'The Australasian' newspaper as the most 'Outstanding player in the VFL'. John Jack Worrall (born 21 June 1861 at Chinamans Flat near Maryborough, died 17 November 1937 at Fairfield, Melbourne) was an Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy in the VFA and a test cricketer, a coach of both sports and a sporting journalist. ...

During the 1910 final series he became involved in a match fixing scandal after being dropped from the side for their 2nd semi final against South Melbourne. It had been alleged that he had accepted a bribe to play poorly, along with teammates Doug Gillespie and Doug Fraser. Both Carlton and the VFL launched their own investigations and Lang admitted that an offer had been made to him. He claimed however that he did not intend on accepting it. Regardless of his plea of innocence he was found guilty along with Fraser and both were banned for 99 games, a total of 5 years. Doug Gillespie was exonerated and played in the club's losing Grand Final. Match fixing or game fixing in organized sports occurs when a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result. ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...

Lang returned to the game in 1916 and brought up his 100th game for Carlton. He retired the following season after playing only 3 games.

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