John Douglas Perry (born 13 March 1945) is a former
Australian rules football
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player who played in the
VFL between 1964 and 1969 for the
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...
and from 1970 until 1974 for the
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Kangaroos also ...
.
Family
The son of John Perry, and Edna "Bob" Perry, née Strang, the daughter of
Doug Strang
Francis Douglas Strang (12 July 1912 – 28 March 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played as a full forward in the VFL between 1931 and 1935 for the Richmond Football Club.
Family
He married Ina Lillian McCullough, at Geelong on 1 ...
, John Douglas Perry was born at
Albury
Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...
,
New South Wales
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on 13 March 1945.
Birth Notice: Perry, ''The Border Morning Mail'', (Thursday, 15 March 1945), p.2.
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He was the grandson of William James "Bill" Strang (1883–1937), the nephew of Gordon "Cocker" Strang (1908–1951), Henry Colin Strang (1910–1946),
Francis Douglas "Doug" Strang (1912–1954), and Allan Strang (1921–1996), and the cousin of Doug's son, Geoff Strang (1944–2003).
Notes
References
* Hogan P: ''The Tigers of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
Tigers Tell Crowe to "Stay Away", ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 29 April 1964), p.21.
Hart "Steals" Tigers Win, ''The Age'', (Monday, 26 September 1966), p.24.
Perry and Cable Star, ''The Age'', (Monday, 2 March 1970), p.25.
External links
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John Douglas Perry, at ''The VFA Project''.
Living people
Richmond Football Club players
Richmond Football Club Premiership players
Wodonga Football Club players
1945 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
North Melbourne Football Club players
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
Australian rules footballers from Albury
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