Please answer the following question: Facts:   - clubs: south melbourne    - years: 1904-1907 , 1913    - statsend: 1913    - originalteam: albury    - death date: 9 may 1937      - birth date: 7 october 1883    - fullname: william a. strang    - name: bill strang   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bill strang -lrb- footballer -rrb- .
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william `` bill '' strang -lrb- 7 october 1883 -- 9 may 1937 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with south melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .strang was a strong aerialist from albury , used as both a follower and forward .he kicked three of south melbourne 's six goals , from centre half-forward , in their 1907 vfl grand final loss to carlton .strang spent the next period of his career in new south wales .after returning to albury to start a business , he played for the albury football club .strang returned to south melbourne in 1913 and was the club 's leading goal-kicker with 29 goals .four sons played senior football in the vfl ; alan and colin as well as richmond premiership stars of the 1930 's doug and gordon .two grandsons were members of the tiger 's premiership team in 1967 , geoff strang -lrb- son of doug -rrb- and john perry -lrb- son of his daughter edna `` bob '' perry , née strang -rrb- , with geoff backing up again in 1969 .