Tim Strachan’s No. 13 jersey already hangs at DeMatha, the Hyattsville athletic power where he was a star quarterback. A community service award bears his name. So there was never any doubt that Strachan, who died on Tuesday at 49, would be remembered.
Strachan, who suffered from cancer, was an alum of Maryland, where he served as a football broadcaster alongside Johnny Holliday for 22 years. He became a motivational speaker and earned a law degree from Georgetown before working as Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and later joining the Federal Communications Commission.