Arthur Olliver
Athlete
1916 –
Who is Arthur Olliver?
Arthur Olliver was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, and coached successfully in the then Western Australian National Football League.
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. 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.
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