DOB: 5 October 1941
Died: Unknown
Games: 0
Goals: 0
Numbers: 47 (1960 Under 19s/Reserves), 25 (1960 Reserves), 40 (1961 and 1962 Reserves)
From: St Patrick's College, Sale
A Polish migrant who had moved to Australia just seven years before, Strachov was cleared to the Demons in 1960 and won the Best First Year Player with the Reserves that year despite also playing Under 19s matches. Played as a defender, but couldn't force his way into the senior side due to a glut of key position defenders.
Strachov went on to win the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League Best and Fairest in 1963 while captain/coach of Hastings. He captain/coached Springvale in 1965 and Beaconsfield in 1967.
Notes:
Age 04/05/1961 says he wasn't fully cleared until May 1961. Shown as from Ukraine in post-WW2 records.
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Age - 14/04/1960, 29/09/1960, 04/05/1961, 24/04/1965, 09/06/1967
Western Port News - 30/04/2013