Rodney Olsson

Rodney Olsson

Infobox afl player | firstname = Rodney
lastname = Olsson




birthdate = 23 April 1942
birthplace =
originalteam = Old Scotch
heightweight = 187 cm / 89 kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1962
debutteam = Hawthorn
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = Hawthorn (1962-69)
* 116 games, 64 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams = Geelong (1976-79)
* 91 games, 45 wins, 46 losses
statsend = 1979
careerhighlights =

Rodney Olsson (born 23 April 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1960s.

Olsson was a ruck-rover for Hawthorn but when he started his career he played as a half forward as well as on the half back flanks. He was a member of the Hawthorn side which lost the 1963 Grand Final to Geelong, the club he would later coach.

He spent the early 1970s in Tasmania as playing coach of Sandy Bay. In what would be the club's strongest era he steered them to the 1971 and 1972 TFL premierships and to another Grand Final in 1973, which they lost despite winning 20 consecutive games that year. As a player he also had success and was a William Leitch Medalist in both 1971 and 1973.

In 1976 Olsson returned to the VFL and he coached Geelong for four seasons, twice making the finals.

References

*AflRleague|ref=R/Rod_Olsson.html
* [http://afl.allthestats.com/coaches/coach.php?idno=229 Coaching record]
*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers". 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.


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