Arthur Olliver

Arthur Olliver

Arthur Olliver (born 10 December 1916) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL), and coached successfully in the then Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).

A champion Footscray ruckman over 16 years with the club, Olliver held the games’ record for the Bulldogs prior to Ted Whitten. In seven seasons as captain-coach Olliver got the Bulldogs into the finals three times, and saw them narrowly miss out twice.

Olliver was appointed captain-coach of New Norfolk in Tasmania, where he stayed for three years. In 1951 he won his club's best and fairest award, and captain-coached the Tasmanian state team. Olliver's last involvement in top level football was as non-playing coach of West Perth Football Club in the WANFL between 1960 and 1963.

In 2003 Olliver was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Career highlights

Playing Career:
* Footscray 1935-1950 (Games: 272. Goals: 354)

Player honors:
* Footscray Best and Fairest 1941, 1944
* Footscray club leading Goalkicker 1937, 1937, 1949
* Footscray captain-coach 1943-46 & 1948-50
* Footscray Team of the Century
* Victorian representative (2 games, 0 goals).

Coaching honors:
* West Perth 1960-1963
* Premiership 1960

References

* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/n-o.htm#Arthur%20Olliver%20(Footscray,%20New%20Norfolk,%20West%20Perth) Full Points Footy Bio]
* [http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL: Hall of Fame]


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