Rodney Ollinger

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Rodney Ollinger
Auburn Tigers
PositionEnd
Personal information
Born:Mobile, Alabama
Career history
CollegeAuburn (1918–1921)
Career highlights and awards

Rodney Ollinger was a college football player for the Auburn Tigers football team.[1] He played first for Spring Hill, where he was a renowned punter.[2] Ollinger was an end for coach Mike Donahue's team, a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion 1919 team, a season in which he was All-Southern.[3] He was a standout as a punter and on defense in the win over the Mississippi Aggies.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Springhillian Oct 1916 - July 1917 New Series Vol. IX No. 1 - 4". 1917.
  3. ^ Fenner Heathcock (November 30, 1919). "All-Southern Eleven No Easy Job This Year". The Tennessean. p. 35. Retrieved September 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Gene Hinton (November 16, 1919). "Auburn's Plainsmen Down Mississippi By seven to Nothing". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 4. Retrieved May 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon