Strauchanie

Bryan Strauchan
Peter Helliar as Bryan Strauchan in 2008
Personal information
Full name Bryan Keith Strauchan
Date of birth 1984 (age 40–41)
Place of birth Horsham, Victoria
Original team(s) Horsham Reserves
Draft First pick, 2004 National Draft
Height 9'2
Weight 200 kg (441 lb)
Position(s) Every
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2004–2009; 2025- Collingwood 1 (100000)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2007–2012 Victoria (Legends Game)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009.
2 Representative statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights
  • 10x Premiership Player
  • 10x North Smith Medal
  • 10x Brownlow Medalist
  • 10x Best & Fairest
  • 10x Leading Goalkicker
  • AFL Hall Of Fame Inductee: 2025
  • Final Pick National Draft 2004
  • Captain of the Asian Team of the Century
  • E. J. Whitten Legends Game: 2007–2012
  • Co-captain of Victoria (EJ Whitten Legends Game): 2008

Bryan Keith Strauchan (pronounced "Strawn"), better known as "Strauchanie" (pronounced "Strawny"), is a fictional Australian rules football player portrayed by Peter Helliar.

Strauchanie's character was represented as a talentless, overweight bogan, oblivious to his lack of ability, who fictionally occupied a position on the real-life Collingwood Football Club's playing list. Through regular sketches on football panel show Before the Game, Strauchanie became popular for combining country football stereotypes with jokes about contemporary issues in the AFL.

During the character's period of popularity, Helliar often made celebrity appearances in charity sports events in character as Strauchan.

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