Bill Strickland (footballer, born 1864)

Australian rules footballer and coach

Australian rules footballer

Bill Strickland
Strickland during his Collingwood VFA career
Personal information
Date of birth	17 August 1864
Place of birth	Sandhurst (Bendigo)
Date of death	24 November 1959(1959-11-24) (aged 95)
Place of death	Sydney, New South Wales
Original team(s)	Brunswick
Position(s)	Centre
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1885–1888, 1890–1892	Carlton (VFA)	127 (4)
1893–1896	Collingwood (VFA)	69 (1)
1897	Collingwood	16 (0)
Total		212 (5)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1904, 1908	Collingwood	13 (8–5–0)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Career highlights
1887 VFA Premiership player 1896 VFA Premiership captain Collingwood captain 1893-1897
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Strickland (17 August 1864 – 24 November 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the inaugural Victorian Football League (VFL) season.

Strickland was a centreman and started his career with Brunswick before joining Victorian Football Association side Carlton in 1885, playing in their 1887 premiership side. He missed the 1889 season after rolling his ankle in a practice match, but returned in 1890 as club captain.

He would cross to new team Collingwood at the end of 1892 due to internal dissent and dissatisfaction at Carlton. After arriving at Collingwood, he became the club's captain, and in 1896 led the club to the VFA premiership after they defeated South Melbourne in a premiership play-off.

In 1897, he was Collingwood's first ever VFL captain, and also played his 200th career match, leading them to third place before retiring.

He returned to the VFL in 1904 as coach, and again briefly in 1908. He was also involved in Sydney Australian rules football for many years.

Notes

Bill Strickland's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Bill Strickland at AustralianFootball.com
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Blueseum biography

v t e Captains of the Collingwood Football Club
VFL/AFL	1897: Strickland 1898–1899: Proudfoot 1900: Condon 1901: Proudfoot 1902–1904: Tulloch 1905: C. Pannam 1906: Dummett 1906–1908: Leach 1908: Drohan 1908–1909: Nash 1910–1911: Angus 1912–1913: McHale 1914–1916: Minogue 1917–1918: Wilson 1919: McCarthy 1920–1921: Lee 1922: Drummond 1923: Curtis 1924–1926: Tyson 1927–1934: Coventry 1935–1939: Collier 1940–1941: Regan 1942: Kyne 1943: Regan 1944: Fricker 1945: A. Pannam 1946–1949: Kyne 1950–1951: Hocking 1952–1955: Richards 1955–1956: Mann 1957: Twomey 1958–1959: Tuck 1960–1963: Weideman 1964–1965: Gabelich 1965: Henderson 1966–1969: Tuddenham 1970–1971: Waters 1971–1975: W. Richardson 1976: Tuddenham 1977: M. Richardson 1978: Thompson 1979–1980: R. Shaw 1981–1982: P. Moore 1983–1986: Williams 1987–1993: T. Shaw 1994–1998: Brown 1999–2007: Buckley 2008: Burns 2009–2013: Maxwell 2014–2022: Pendlebury 2023–: D. Moore
AFL Women's	2017–2020: Chiocci 2021–2022 (S7): Chiocci/Davey 2023–: Davey

Captains of the Collingwood Football Club

VFL/AFL

1897: Strickland
1898–1899: Proudfoot
1900: Condon
1901: Proudfoot
1902–1904: Tulloch
1905: C. Pannam
1906: Dummett
1906–1908: Leach
1908: Drohan
1908–1909: Nash
1910–1911: Angus
1912–1913: McHale
1914–1916: Minogue
1917–1918: Wilson
1919: McCarthy
1920–1921: Lee
1922: Drummond
1923: Curtis
1924–1926: Tyson
1927–1934: Coventry
1935–1939: Collier
1940–1941: Regan
1942: Kyne
1943: Regan
1944: Fricker
1945: A. Pannam
1946–1949: Kyne
1950–1951: Hocking
1952–1955: Richards
1955–1956: Mann
1957: Twomey
1958–1959: Tuck
1960–1963: Weideman
1964–1965: Gabelich
1965: Henderson
1966–1969: Tuddenham
1970–1971: Waters
1971–1975: W. Richardson
1976: Tuddenham
1977: M. Richardson
1978: Thompson
1979–1980: R. Shaw
1981–1982: P. Moore
1983–1986: Williams
1987–1993: T. Shaw
1994–1998: Brown
1999–2007: Buckley
2008: Burns
2009–2013: Maxwell
2014–2022: Pendlebury
2023–: D. Moore

AFL Women's

2017–2020: Chiocci
2021–2022 (S7): Chiocci/Davey
2023–: Davey

v t e Coaches of the Collingwood Football Club
VFL/AFL	1904: Strickland 1905–1906: Condon 1907–1908: Rowell 1908: Strickland 1909–1911: Angus 1912–1949: McHale 1950–1963: Kyne 1964–1971: Rose 1972–1974: Mann 1975–1976: Weideman 1977–1982: Hafey 1982: Erwin 1983–1984: Cahill 1985–1986: Rose 1986–1995: Matthews 1996–1999: Shaw 2000–2011: Malthouse 2012–2021: Buckley 2021: Harvey 2022–: McRae
AFL Women's	2017–2019: Siekman 2020–2023: Symonds 2024–: Wright
Italics denote caretaker coach

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