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Arthur Olliver (10 December 1918 – 31 May 1988) 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.^[1] 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.^[2] He has also been inducted into the Footscray/Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame and was named on the interchange in their Team of the Century.^[3]

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

^ Hutchison finally among the greats
^ Burgan, Matt (30 June 2003). "Olliver inducted into Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 24 September 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030924045359/http://westernbulldogs.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=102838.
^ Hall of Fame

External links

Captains of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925–1926: McCarthy
1926: Hopkins
1927–1928: Scanlan
1929–1930: Hopkins
1931–1932: Cubbins
1933: McAlpine
1934: Cubbins
1934–1935: Morrison
1936: Penberthy
1937: Dockendorff
1937: Morrison
1938–1939: Evans
1940–1942: Ware
1943–1946: Olliver
1947: Hickey
1948–1950: Olliver
1951–1956: Sutton
1956: Donald
1957: Stevens
1957–1970: Whitten
1970: Magee
1971–1972: Dempsey
1973: Thorpe
1974–1976: Sandilands
1977–1978: Dempsey
1979–1981: Jennings
1982: Templeton
1983–1985: Edmond
1986–1988: Kennedy
1989: Wallis
1990–1993: Hawkins
1994–2000: Wynd
2001–2004: Grant
2005–2006: Darcy
2007–2010: Johnson
2011–: Boyd

v t e Coaches of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy 1926: Saunders 1926: Cassidy 1927–1928: Scanlan 1929: Eason 1930: Hopkins 1931–1933: Cubbins 1934–1935: Morrison 1935–1937: Coventry 1937–1940: Kelly 1941–1942: Ware 1943–1946: Olliver 1947: Crowe 1948–1950: Olliver 1951–1957: Sutton 1951: McLaren 1952; 1953: Donald 1957–1966: Whitten 1959; 1960: Ryan 1961; 1962; 1964; 1966: Findlay 1967–1968: Sutton 1969–1971: Whitten 1972–1975: Rose 1976–1978: Goggin 1978–1979: McKenzie 1980–1982: Hart 1981: Goode 1982–1983: Hampshire 1984–1989: Malthouse 1990–1994: Wheeler 1994–1996: Joyce 1996–2002: Wallace 2002–2004: Rohde 2005–2011: Eade 2011: Williams 2012–: McCartney

Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Western Bulldogs · Team of the Century

Full-back	Charlie Sutton • Herb Henderson • John Schultz

Half-back	Wally Donald • Ted Whitten (c) • John Jillard

Centre	Harry Hickey • Allan Hopkins • Doug Hawkins

Half-forward	Alby Morrison • Kelvin Templeton • Chris Grant

Full-forward	Jack Collins • Simon Beasley • George Bisset

Ruck	Gary Dempsey • Scott West • Brian Royal

Interchange	Jim Gallagher • Arthur Olliver • Brad Johnson • Norman Ware • Tony Liberatore • Scott Wynd

Coach	Charlie Sutton

Charles Sutton Medal · Western Bulldogs Best and Fairest Winners

1927: McAlpine
1928: Outen
1929: Russ
1930: McAlpine
1931: Hopkins
1932: McAlpine
1933: Morrison
1934: Ware
1935: Bennett
1936: Morrison
1937: Ware
1938: Ware
1939: Hickey
1940: Ware
1941: Ware/Olliver
1942: Ellis
1943: A. Collins
1944: Olliver
1945: Hickey
1946: Ryan
1947: Ryan
1948: Hickey
1949: Donald
1950: Sutton
1951: J. Collins
1952: J. Collins
1953: Stevens
1954: Whitten
1955: Box
1956: Ross
1957: Whitten
1958: Whitten
1959: Whitten
1960: Schultz
1961: Whitten
1962: Schultz
1963: Walker
1964: Schultz
1965: Schultz
1966: Schultz
1967: Jillard
1968: Thorpe
1969: Bisset
1970: Dempsey
1971: Thorpe
1972: Welsh
1973: Dempsey
1974: Dempsey
1975: Dempsey
1976: Dempsey
1977: Dempsey
1978: Templeton
1979: Dunstan
1980: Templeton
1981: Dunstan
1982: Dunstan
1983: Royal
1984: Purser
1985: Hawkins
1986: Hardie
1987: McGuinness
1988: Wallace
1989: Wallace
1990: Foster
1991: Liberatore
1992: Wynd
1993: Cameron
1994: Grant
1995: West
1996: Grant/Romero
1997: West
1998: West
1999: Johnson
2000: West
2001: Darcy
2002: Johnson
2003: West
2004: West
2005: West
2006: Johnson
2007: Harris
2008: Cross
2009: Boyd
2010: Griffen
2011: Boyd

Western Bulldogs · Leading Goalkickers

1925: Hopkins
1926: Chapple/Hopkins
1927: Chapple
1928: Morrison
1929: Morrison
1930: Morrison
1931: Morrison
1932: Dayman
1933: Rait
1934: Morrison
1935: Jack Ryan
1936: Olliver
1937: Olliver
1938: Luke
1939: Page
1940: Page
1941: A. Collins
1942: Ware
1943: A. Collins
1944: Wood
1945: Joe Ryan
1946: Wood
1947: Wood
1948: Wood
1949: Olliver
1950: Wood
1951: Sutton/Linton
1952: Duffy
1953: J. Collins
1954: J. Collins
1955: J. Collins
1956: Cross
1957: J. Collins
1958: J. Collins
1959: Baxter
1960: Baxter
1961: Whitten
1962: Whitten
1963: Bisset/Hobbs
1964: Bisset/Whitten
1965: Hobbs
1966: Jackman
1967: Bisset
1968: Whitten
1969: Bisset
1970: Bisset
1971: Quinlan
1972: Sandilands
1973: Sandilands
1974: Sandilands
1975: Sandilands
1976: Templeton
1977: Templeton
1978: Templeton
1979: Templeton
1980: Templeton
1981: Edmond/Loveless
1982: Beasley
1983: Beasley
1984: Beasley
1985: Beasley
1986: Beasley
1987: Beasley
1988: Beasley
1989: Campbell
1990: Grant
1991: Hawkins
1992: Del-Re
1993: Del-Re
1994: Grant
1995: Osborne
1996: Watts
1997: Minton-Connell
1998: Hudson
1999: Hudson
2000: Smith
2001: Johnson
2002: Brown
2003: Brown
2004: Darcy/Rawlings
2005: Johnson
2006: Johnson
2007: Johnson
2008: Johnson
2009: Akermanis
2010: Hall
2011: Hall

Persondata
Name	Olliver, Arthur
Alternative names
Short description	Australian footballer and coach
Date of birth	10 December 1916
Place of birth
Date of death	31 May 1988
Place of death

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