Arthur Olliver was an Australian rules football

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er in the (then) Victorian Football League

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 (VFL), and coached successfully in the then Western Australian National Football League

West Australian Football League

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 (WANFL).

A champion Footscray

Western Bulldogs

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 ruckman

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 over 16 years with the club, Olliver held the games’ record for the Bulldogs prior to Ted Whitten

Ted Whitten

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. 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

New Norfolk Eagles

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 in Tasmania

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, 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

West Perth Football Club

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 in the WANFL between 1960 and 1963.

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

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.

Career highlights

Playing Career:

• Footscray 1935-1950 (Games: 272. Goals: 354)

Player honors:

• Footscray Best and Fairest
  Best and Fairest
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  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