years death_date clubs statsend coachyears originalteam birth_date coachclubs article_title name
1897 24 november 1959 collingwood 1908 1904 , 1908 brunswick 17 august 1864 collingwood bill strickland -lrb- footballer , born 1864 -rrb-
 bill strickland
bill strickland -lrb- footballer , born 1864 -rrb-

william ` bill ' strickland -lrb- 17 august 1864 -- 24 november 1959 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for collingwood in the inaugural victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- season .
strickland was a centreman and started his career with brunswick before joining victorian football association side carlton in 1885 .
after eight seasons he crossed to collingwood and in 1897 became collingwood 's first ever vfl captain , leading it to third place in what would be the last season of his career .
he returned to the vfl in 1904 as coach and again briefly in 1908 .
