Gordon Strang

Gordon Strang
Personal information
Date of birth10 February 1908[1]
Date of death8 October 1951 (aged 43)
Original teamEast Albury
Debut2 May 1931 (round 1), Richmond
v. Carlton, at Princes Park
Height/Weight185 cm / 82.5 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1931–1936, 1938Richmond116 (108)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1938 season.
Career highlights
  • Richmond Premiership Player 1932, 1934
  • Interstate Games:- 9
  • Richmond – Team of the Century

Gordon "Cocker" Strang (10 February 1908 – 8 October 1951)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League for the Richmond Football Club between 1931 and 1936.

He was the son of Bill Strang, who played for South Melbourne between 1904 and 1913 (and was South Melbourne's leading goal-kicker in 1913)[3]

After a year in Tasmania as captain-coach of North Launceston, he returned to Richmond, and played all of Richmond's 18 matches in the 1938 season, scoring 6 goals.

He then transferred to Wodonga as captain-coach in 1939.

He was the brother of Richmond premiership player Doug Strang and uncle of dual Richmond premiership player Geoff Strang.

Richmond

Along with his brother Doug (who was selected at full-forward), he made his debut for Richmond in the first round of the 1931 season, on 2 May 1931, at centre half-back; The Argus commented that, on debut, he had "showed grit" and had "kicked well".[4]

North Launceston

In 1937 he coached North Launceston to runner-up position in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association; and, despite rumours to the contrary, he did not apply for the position of coach in the 1938 season.[5][6]

Richmond

He returned to play for Richmond in 1938;[7] and he played in each of Richmond's 18 games that season.

Wodonga

In May 1939, Richmond cleared Strang to Wodonga.[8] He was Wodonga's best and fairest in 1939 and 1940.[9] In 1939 he coached Wodonga to a Grand Final victory over an Albury team that was coached by his brother, Doug.[10]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "AFL Tables - Gordon Strang - Stats - Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Death of star footballer.". The News (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 8 October 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ↑ AFL Statistics: Bill Strang
  4. ↑ Football: Great Last Quarter: Richmond's Recovery at Carlton, The Argus, (Monday, 4 May 1931), pp.
  5. ↑ Strang in Melbourne: Probably Available to Play with Richmond, The Mercury, (Wednesday, 16 February 1938), p.13.
  6. ↑ Football: Strang Was Not Applicant, The Mercury, (Tuesday, 25 January 1938), p.9.
  7. ↑ Strang, Crowe Cleared, The Argus, (Saturday, 23 April 1938), p.15.
  8. ↑ League and V.F.A.: Question of Clearances, The Argus, (Thursday, 18 May 1939), p.26.
  9. ↑ Senior Best & Fairest
  10. ↑ Jones, H., "Footy club pays tribute to hero", The Border Mail, (25 April 2006).

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