Gordon Matthew Strachan (born 16 November 1947) is a Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 former rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player who was capped five times by his country.

Biography

Strachan was born in 1947 in Littlemill

Littlemill

Littlemill is a village located close to Nairn in Nairnshire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....

, Ayrshire

Ayrshire

Ayrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...

. After leaving Ayr Academy

Ayr Academy

Ayr Academy is a non-denominational secondary school situated in the centre of the town of Ayr in South Ayrshire. It is a comprehensive school for children from the ages of 11 to 18 from Ayr. Ayr Academy's catchment area covers Newton-on-Ayr, Whitletts and the outlying villages of Coylton, Annbank,...

, he played rugby for Ayr RFC

Ayr RFC

Ayr Rugby Football Club are a rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One.The team are based in Ayr in Scotland, and they play at Millbrae, Alloway.-Millbrae:...

 and then Jordanhill College

Jordanhill College

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. While a Jordanhill player, he played five times for Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

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 at number 8, his first appearance being in the match against England

England national rugby union team

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 in March 1971. He received his final cap against Presidents XV in 1973. He returned to Ayr in the late 1970s, when he captained the team, and after retiring from playing, coached Ayr, taking them from the third division to the first. He later worked as a P.E. teacher.

His daughter Shonagh was a member of girl band Lemonescent

Lemonescent

Lemonescent were a Scottish girl group formed in 2002. After several hit singles and one album, they split up in 2005.-History:Lemonescent came together through auditions for singers held by former Johnny Hates Jazz songwriter/member Iain MacDonald; He had chosen eight girls and then cut down to...

in the 2000s.