Henry Colin Strang (10 August 1910 – 22 November 1946) was an

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er who played with St Kilda in the

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(VFL). Strang, the son of former

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player Bill Strang, was born in

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, but grew up in

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. He played his early football for East Albury and in 1933 trained with

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, where his brothers Doug and

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were premiership players. A younger brother, Allan Strang played for South Melbourne. However it was with St Kilda that he made his two league appearances, in the

1933 VFL season The 1933 VFL season was the 37th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 29 April to 30 September, comprising an 18 ...

. He kicked three goals from

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on debut, against Carlton at

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, in round seven. The following round he played in St Kilda's loss to Collingwood at Victoria Park, then lost his place in the team when

Bill Mohr Wilbur T. "Bill" Mohr (29 June 1909 – 29 March 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who represented St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s. Early ...

returned from injury. He returned home in 1935 and began playing for

, which was followed by a stint with

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in the

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. In 1937 he joined Northern Tasmanian Football Association side North Launceston, a club captain-coached by his brother Gordon. They lost the grand final that year to Launceston, after which Strang returned to Albury. On 22 November 1946, Strang died from an illness, aged 36. Two of his nephews were in Richmond's 1967 premiership team: Geoff Strang, the son of his brother, Doug, and John Perry, the son of his sister, Edna "Bob" Perry, née Strang.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strang, Colin 1910 births St Kilda Football Club players Albury Football Club players North Launceston Football Club players Kyneton Football Club players 1946 deaths Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers Australian rules footballers from Albury Military personnel from New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportsmen