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Rodney Olsson
Rodney Olsson
Personal information
Full name	Rodney Stuart Olsson
Date of birth	23 April 1942 (age 82)
Original team(s)	Old Scotch
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1962–1969	Hawthorn
Coaching career
Years	Club
1976–1979	Geelong
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1969.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Rodney Stuart Olsson (born 23 April 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1960s.^[1]

Olsson was a ruck-rover for Hawthorn but when he started his career he played as a half forward as well as on the half back flanks. He was a member of the Hawthorn side which lost the 1963 Grand Final to Geelong, the club he would later coach.

He spent the early 1970s in Tasmania as playing coach of Sandy Bay. In what would be the club's strongest era he steered them to the 1971 and 1972 TFL premierships and to another Grand Final in 1973, which they lost despite winning 20 consecutive games that year. As a player, he also had success and was a William Leitch Medalist in both 1971 and 1973.^[2]

In 1976 Olsson returned to the VFL and he coached Geelong for four seasons, twice making the finals.

References

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 678. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "Rod Olsson". australianfootball.com.