Alan Olle
Alan Charles Olle was an Australian rules footballer who played for in the Victorian Football League. In 1952 Alan accepted a coaching role in Sorrento when the Coulter Law restricted payments to VFL players to £3 per week, £7 less than Sorrento's offer. His employer, the Postmaster-General's Department obliged with a transfer to Sorrento's telephone exchange. Only a year passed before Sorrento was celebrating under Olle's masterful leadership its first premiership in 18 years, defeating Frankston by 3 points 12-6-78 to 11-9-75 in a thriller.. In a record breaking 3-stint virtuoso over nine seasons, the first and second as playing coach the third and final as non-playing coach. Olle and president Jim Thoms were instrumental in attracting numerous talented VFL/VFA players to the club to mount the 1953 premiership assault - Mike Fitchett, Dick Kennedy, Alby Morrison, Fred Stafford, Ron Wilson and Norm Spencer.Biography
Olle was born in Melbourne in 1924. In 1942 he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force, serving as a sergeant until he was discharged in 1946.Playing career
He made his debut in the final round of the 1946 VFL season against at the Junction Oval. Between 1946 and 1951 he played 51 matches for the Saints.
