Abundantly skilled, energetic and courageous, Doug Olds was a firm favourite among Norwood supporters for well over a decade, his effervescent commitment to the cause frequently enabling him to achieve ascendancy over opponents seemingly, if not literally, twice his size and weight. All told he played 214 senior games between 1944 and 1957, including three with the Norwood-North Adelaide wartime combine. A triple club best and fairest award recipient, he was an interstate representative on 11 occasions for South Australia for whom his exhilarating performances on a wing at the 1950 Brisbane carnival earned him selection in that season's 'Sporting Life' Team Of The Year. Possessed of "determination out of all proportion to his tiny frame", Doug Olds was a worthy inclusion, at right centre wing, in Norwood's official 'Team of the Twentieth Century'. In 1963 and 1964 he served as non-playing coach of the Redlegs, steering the team to 5th and 6th place finishes.

*Courtesy of John Devaney at www.fullpointsfooty.net

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