| James Strauss | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | James Strauss | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1990 | ||
| Original team | Oakleigh Chargers | ||
| Draft | 19th overall, 2008 Melbourne |
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| Height/Weight | 185cm / 82 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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| Current club | Melbourne | ||
| Number | 47 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2009– | Melbourne | 11 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
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James Strauss (born 14 June 1990) is an Australian rules footballer for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Strauss was selected with Melbourne's third pick of the 2008 AFL Draft, 19th overall from the Oakleigh Chargers.
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Strauss's junior career was spent playing for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup and for Scotch College in the APS in Victoria.
Strauss had a frustrating season with injuries in 2009. Ankle and leg problems hampered him early in the year and he ultimately injured his shoulder playing for Melbourne's VFL affiliate the Casey Scorpions. Strauss required a shoulder reconstruction, forcing him to miss the last eight weeks of the season.[1]
Strauss improved his physical frame and worked hard to return to full fitness in the pre-season of the 2010 season to ensure he was pushing for senior selection. This work saw Strauss seen as a good chance to debut in Round 1 against the Hawthorn Football Club.[2] Strauss's first official game for Melbourne did indeed occur in Round 1 of the 2010 AFL Season against the Hawthorn at the MCG. However this match was a devastating loss for the Demons in an impressive victory from Hawthorn. Strauss played in Melbourne's second game of the season against Collingwood however was dropped to Melbourne's VFL-affiliate team Casey, due to poor form.
In Melbourne's Round 20, 2011 match against Carlton, Strauss suffered a sickening leg injury where it was broken in both his tibia and fibula during a marking contest against Carlton's Jeff Garlett. Although replays showed that there was minimal contact between him and Garlett as he fell awkwardly, the MCG crowd were shocked at what they saw. Commentators noted that it was just as sickening as the recent broken leg suffered by Fremantle's Michael Barlow the previous season and the broken snap suffered by Richmond's Nathan Brown way back in 2005, and during Network Ten's coverage of the match their commentators warned their viewers that "if they were greasy, look away now".[3]
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