Barry Strange was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for New Town

Glenorchy Football Club

The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:...

, later Glenorchy, in the Tasmanian Australian National Football League

Tasmanian Football League

Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

 (TANFL). He is a member of the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame

Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame

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 after being inducted in 2005 and is a centre half back in Glenorchy's official 'Team of the Century'.

It was at centre half back that Strange played most of his football and he began his career at New Town in 1952. A dual Best and fairest winner, he was a member of New Town's 1953, 1955 and 1956 premiership sides before crossing to Penguin as captain-coach in 1958. Strange spent three seasons at the NWFU

North West Football Union

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 club then returned to New Town, who had been renamed Glenorchy, and played in another premiership in 1965, his final season.

Strange represented Tasmania in 10 interstate matches and was an All-Australian for his efforts at the 1956 Perth Carnival

1956 Perth Carnival

The 1956 Perth Carnival was the 13th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. It took place from 11 June to 23 June at Subiaco Oval, Perth....

. He also participated in Tasmania's famous upset victory over the VFL at Launceston in 1960.