"[4][6][7][8] Langer swam for and attended the University of California Berkeley from around 1912, and served as swim team Captain in 1916 when he graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering.

[9] Considered by many to be the University of California's first truly exceptional swimmer, Langer earned three consecutive varsity letters in swimming for U. Cal from 1914-1916.

He held a world record in the quarter mile for a five-year period until losing it to Hall of Fame swimmer Norman Ross.

Several of his freestyle records would be broken by Olympian Johnny Weissmuller[10][9] Continuing to swim after the 1916 Olympics, he won eight U.S. National Championships from 1915 through 1921.

[9] Subsequent to his west coast swimming career at U. Cal Berkeley through 1916, Langer trained and competed as part of the Hawaiin association swimmers preparing for the 1920 Olympics.

[21] While in his Senior year at U. Cal Berkeley on February 22, 1916, Langer won the 880-yard freestyle event in Honolulu, with a time of 12:01.2, a new American record.

Berkeley, Langer won the 500-yard freestyle race at the Pacific Coast Swimming Championship in San Francisco, with a record time of 5:09.4.

[9][21][27][28] Langer died of natural causes at 91 on July 5, 1984, three days after being admitted to the Centinela Park Convalescent Home in Inglewood outside Los Angeles, having been a resident of Baldwin Hills, California.