Gordon Strang

Gordon Strang

Personal information
Birth	1909
Recruited from	East Albury
Height and weight	185 cm / 82.5 kg
Death	1951,
Playing career¹
Debut	2 May 1931 (round 1), Richmond v. Carlton, at Princes Park
Team(s)	Richmond (1931–1936, 1938) 116 games, 107 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career highlights
Richmond Premiership Player 1932, 1934 Interstate Games:- 9 Richmond – Team of the Century

Gordon "Cocker" Strang 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)^[1]

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".^[2]

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.^[3][4]

Richmond

He returned to play for Richmond in 1938;^[5] and he played in each of Richmond's 18 games that season.

Wodonga

In May 1939, Richmond cleared Strang to Wodonga.^[6] He was Wodonga's best and fairest in 1939 and 1940.^[7] In 1939 he coached Wodonga to a Grand Final victory over an Albury team that was coached by his brother, Doug.^[8]

Footnotes

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

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

• Full Points Footy Biography: Gordon Strang
• AFL Statistics: Gordon Strang

The Victorian Team that beat New South Wales, in Sydney, 23.17 (155) to 19.22 (136) during the 1933 Sydney Carnival on Wednesday, 2 August 1933.
Back Row: R.T. "Dick" Mullaly (South Melbourne; selector), D.H. “Dave” Crone (Carlton; selector), R. Lee (trainer) Alf "Rosie" Dummett (Collingwood; selector).
Third Row: Charlie Gaudion, Charlie Davey, Paddy Walsh, Norman Ware, Gordon Strang, Gordon Coventry, Jim Adamson.
Second Row: William Roberts, Jack L. Collins, Reg Hickey, John Francis Meere (North Melbourne; manager), Syd Coventry (captain), Haydn Bunton, Bob Pratt, Bert Hyde.
Front Row: Harry Clarke, Wilfred "Chicken" Smallhorn, Jack Anderson, Billy Libbis, Gordon Ogden.

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Name	Strang, Gordon
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Date of birth	1909
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Date of death	1951
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