Australian Football

Barry Strange was without doubt one of the foremost Tasmanian footballers of his era. He began and ended his senior career with New Town/Glenorchy, playing a total of 165 senior games for the club between 1952 and 1957 and from 1961 to 1965. He spent the intervening three year period captain-coaching Penguin in the NWFU.

Highlights of Strange's career included involvement in four winning TANFL Grand Finals (1953, 1955-6, and 1965), 10 appearances for Tasmania, All Australian selection after the 1956 Perth carnival, membership of the famous Tasmanian interstate team that downed the 'Big V' at Launceston in 1960 (match reviewed here), and a couple of club best and fairest awards. Strange played the majority of his football at centre half back, and was chosen in that position in 2000 in Glenorchy's official 'Team of the Century'.

Author - John Devaney