A lock, Strahan represented Manawatu at a provincial level for 12 seasons, and the All Blacks between 1967 and 1973.
He played 45 matches for the All Blacks including 17 internationals.
[1] He served as president of the Manawatu Rugby Union from 2003 to 2006.
[2] Strahan died at his home in Kiwitea, northeast of Feilding, on 21 December 2019.
[3] This biographical article relating to New Zealand rugby union, about a person born in the 1940s, is a stub.