Arthur Olliver
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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.
[edit] 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
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