Career
He played mostly on the left wing. Born in Burscough, he signed for Blackburn Rovers from youth team Burscough Victoria in 1937. At Bolton he provided many goals for Willie Moir and National Lofthouse, picking up a losers medal in the Matthews Cup Final, in which he made a goal for Moir.
In dispute with Bolton in the run up to the final, it proved to be Langton"s final game for the club
He returned to Blackburn Rovers in September 1953 and served them for a further three years before seeing out his professional career back in Northern Ireland with Ards. Langton then went into non-league football, with three seasons at Wisbech Town before moving to Kidderminster Harriers and finally seeing his career out with a one-month spell at Colwyn Bay.
He finally left football in 1971. Bobby Langton died after a short illness in January 1996.
Two years later the road that goes past Burscough"s ground was renamed Bobby Langton Way after him.