Rodney Ollinger

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Rodney Ollinger
Auburn Tigers
Position End
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Born: Mobile, Alabama
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College Auburn (1918–1921)
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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]

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References

  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 logo PLoS transparent.svg
  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 logo PLoS transparent.svg