{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Denis Strauch | image = | fullname = Denis Strauch | birth_date = 24 March 1937 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1965|6|10|1937|3|24|df=yes}} | death_place = Melbourne, Victoria | originalteam = Eaglehawk | height = 185 cm | weight = 79 kg | position = | statsend = 1965 | years1 = 1957–1960 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 29 (16) | years2 = 1961–1965 | club2 = Port Melbourne | games_goals2 = 73 | careerhighlights = }} '''Denis Strauch''' (24 March 1937 – 10 June 1965)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Denis%2BStrauch/8747|title=Denis Strauch - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Carlton recruited Strauch, a forward, from Eaglehawk in 1957 and he made 19 appearances for them that season.<ref>{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref><ref name=AFLTables>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Denis_Strauch.html AFL Tables: Denis Strauch]</ref> He then found himself on the fringes of selection, only adding 10 more games over the next three years.<ref name=AFLTables/>
He finished his football career at Port Melbourne, where he played until his death, from a tetanus infection, in 1965.<ref>[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Denis+Strauch Blueseum: Denis Strauch]</ref>
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