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Gordon "Cocker" Strang (10 February 1908 – 8 October 1951) 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)〔(AFL Statistics: Bill Strang )〕 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 and 1967 Tiger's premiership player John Perry. His (and Doug's) other brothers, Colin Strang and Alan Strang〔(AFL Statistics: Allan (sic) Strang. )〕 also played VFL football: for St Kilda (2 games, 1933), and South Melbourne (15 games, 1947-1948),〔(Former N.S.W. Rules Stars, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', (Saturday, 19 June 1948), p.9. )〕〔(South Player at Williamstown, ''The Argus'', (Monday 11 April 1949), p.13. )〕 respectively. ==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".〔(Football: Great Last Quarter: Richmond's Recovery at Carlton, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 4 May 1931), pp. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gordon Strang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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