Gally Cummings remembers ‘mother’ of Strike Squad Shirley Rudd-Ottley 6 Hrs Ago FORMER Strike Squad coach Everald “Gally” Cummings remembered behavioural psychologist Shirley Rudd-Ottley as the mother of the Strike Squad team and a woman who was always respected by TT footballers. Rudd-Ottley, who was the psychologist for both the 1973 and 1989 national teams, which both fell just short of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, died on Thursday. Details of her death are not clear at this time. “She was the mother of the Strike Squad,” Cummings told Newsday in an interview. But, he said, the former TT footballers will not be able to gather to reflect on the life of Rudd-Ottley because of the covid19 pandemic.