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Bruce Olive
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Born (1930-08-28) 28 August 1930 (age 94)
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Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1964–67 Newtown 69 1 0 0 3
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1959–62 NSW Country Firsts 4 0 0 0 0
1958–62 New South Wales 8 2 0 0 6

Bruce Olive (born 28 August 1930) is a former Indigenous Australian professional rugby league player who played as a prop forward for the Newtown Jets in the 1960s.

Wollongong prop played for New South Wales in nine matches between 1958-62 but could not break into the Australian Test side. Olive, who paved the way for Country’s upset wins over City in 1961-62, later played with Newtown in the mid-1960s.

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