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Robert Allan Strang (11 October 1921 – 4 February 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

He was the brother of Richmond premiership players Doug & Gordon Strang and St Kilda footballer Colin Strang,

Strang who was a marking forward was recruited after talent scouts saw him in a practice match between Albury and the Army.[3] He spent two years playing for St George in Sydney before moving to Melbourne to play for the same team his father did between 1904 and 1913.[4] In 1949, he was cleared to play with Williamstown.[5] Strang accepted a contract to captain coach the Wagga Tigers in 1950.[6]

He was the uncle of dual Richmond premiership player Geoff Strang, and the uncle of Richmond premiership player John Perry.

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  2. Note that this Allan Strang (Allan with "ll") is a different individual from the Alan Leslie Strang (Alan with "l") who played Seconds Football for Melbourne: see Deaths: Strang, The Argus, (Saturday, 25 July 1942), p.2, Service Casualties, The Argus, (Friday, 24 July 1942), p.3., and "Alan Strang", at Demonwiki.
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