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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Harold Oliver
| image = File:Harold Oliver zoom.png
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| caption = 
| fullname = William Harold Oliver
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|8|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Waukaringa, South Australia]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|11|15|1891|8|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
| originalteam = [[South Broken Hill Football Club|South Broken Hill]] (1908)<br>[[Riverland Independent Football League#Current clubs|Lyrup]] (1909)<br>[[South Australian Amateur Football League|West Suburbans]] (1910)
| height = 182&nbsp;cm
| weight = 83&nbsp;kg<ref>{{Cite book|title=Harold Oliver – Sporting Art Postcard Series|publisher=McMahons|year=1921|location=Adelaide}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106671475 |title=Play and Players |newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]] |location=Adelaide |date=4 August 1922 |access-date=17 October 2015 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
| position = Utility
| guernsey = 10
| statsend = 1922
| years1 = 1910–15, 1919–22
| club1 = [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]
| games_goals1 = 107 (89)
| years2 = 1916
| club2 = [[Adelaide Metro|SA Railways]] <small>(Patriotic League)</small>
| games_goals2 = 1 (0)
| years3 = 1916–17
| club3 = [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] <small>(Patriotic League)</small>
| games_goals3 = 13 (11)
| sooyears1 = 1911–1912, 1921
| sooteam1 = [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australia]]
| soogames_goals1 = 14 (15)<ref>Port Adelaide Football Club Yearbook 2014</ref>
| careerhighlights = 
'''Club'''
*3× [[Championship of Australia|Champions of Australia]] team member ([[1910 Championship of Australia|1910]], [[1913 Championship of Australia|1913]], [[1914 Championship of Australia|1914]])
*4× [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] premiership player ([[1910 SAFL Grand Final|1910]], [[1913 SAFL Grand Final|1913]], [[1914 SAFL Grand Final|1914]], [[1921 SAFL Grand Final|1921]])
*2× [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] patriotic league premiership player (1916, 1917)
*2× [[John Cahill Medal|Port Adelaide best and fairest]] (1911, 1912)
*Leader for [[Magarey Medal|1912 Magarey Medal]] (but ineligible to win)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58598770 |title=MAGAREY MEDALLISTS. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |location=Adelaide |date=30 September 1912 |access-date=24 January 2020 |page=9 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58597413 |title=CHAMPION FOOTBALLERS. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |location=Adelaide |date=5 October 1912 |access-date=24 January 2020 |page=15 |via=Trove }}</ref>
*[[The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)|''The Sport'' (Adelaide)]] 'Best All-round League Player' (1911)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215842623 |title=Best All-round League Player. |newspaper=[[The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)|Sport]] |location=Adelaide |date=14 October 1911 |access-date=8 May 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref>
*Best on ground ([[Port Adelaide v South Australia (1914)|Port Adelaide def. South Australia, 1914]])
*[[List of Port Adelaide Football Club captains|Port Adelaide premiership captain]] ([[1921 SAFL Grand Final|1921]])
*{{AFL Por}} best junior (1910)<ref name="HAROLD OLIVER">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109340761 |title=HAROLD OLIVER |newspaper=[[Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record]] |volume=33 |issue=27 |location=Adelaide |date=27 June 1925 |access-date=12 November 2016 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
'''Representative'''
*[[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australia]] captain (Western Australia v. South Australia, 1921)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28000637 |title=CARNIVAL FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXVII |issue=6,030 |date=15 August 1921 |access-date=27 June 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* 14 games for [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australia]]
* 1911 [[1911 Adelaide Carnival#Squads|South Australian]] state carnival championship team
'''Honours'''
*[[Port Adelaide Football Club#Greatest Team|Port Adelaide's greatest team]] (right half-forward)
*[[Port Adelaide Football Club#Port Adelaide Hall of Fame|Port Adelaide Hall of Fame]] (1998)
*[[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] life membership (1922)
*[[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]] hall of fame (2002)
}}

'''William Harold Oliver''' (12 August 1891&nbsp;– 15 November 1958) was an [[Australian rules football]]er. Harold Oliver was a key player to some of South Australian football's most successful teams. He starred in [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australia's]] victorious [[1911 Adelaide Carnival|1911 Australian football championship]] along with Port Adelaide's [[1914 Port Adelaide Football Club season|1914 "Invincibles" team]]. After being close to retiring from the game after [[World War I]], he returned to captain both Port Adelaide to the [[1921 SAFL Grand Final|1921 SAFL premiership]] and [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australia]] in a game against [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sanfl.com.au/sa-football-hall-of-fame/w-harold-oliver/| title=W (Harold) Oliver| publisher=SANFL}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/harold+oliver/326| title=Harold Oliver| publisher=Australian Football.com}}</ref> His reputation as an early exponent of the [[spectacular mark]]—along with his general skill at playing the game—saw him regarded as one of the best players South Australia has produced.

== Early life in Waukaringa (1891–1895) ==
[[Cornish Australians|Cornish immigrants]] James Oliver and Sarah Mill settled in the gold-mining town of [[Waukaringa, South Australia|Waukaringa]] in the late 1870s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109487120 |title=Obituary |newspaper=[[Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record]] |volume=46 |issue=9 |location=South Australia |date=2 March 1939 |access-date=23 February 2017 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was common for Cornish people, where mining was a key industry, to move to Australia and use their knowledge to attempt a better life as the economy in Cornwall was waning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianmining.com.au/news/historical-recognition-for-south-australian-mining|title=Historical recognition for South Australian mining|website=Australian Mining|access-date=2016-03-31|date=7 October 2014}}</ref>

In 1887, whilst working on the New Alma and Victoria goldmine, James lost parts of his right hand's fingers and thumb whilst holding a dynamite cap that accidentally detonated.<ref name="WAUKARINGA, December 10">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92867943 |title=WAUKARINGA, December 10. |newspaper=[[South Australian Weekly Chronicle]] |volume=XXX |issue=1,530 |date=17 December 1887 |access-date=28 December 2018 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Waukaringa raised over £20 ($2,334 in 2020 dollars) to help James in his recovery.<ref name="WAUKARINGA, December 10"/>

On 12 August 1891, Harold Oliver was born. Harold had eleven siblings.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109487120 |title=OBITUARY |newspaper=[[Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record]] |volume=46 |issue=9 |location=South Australia |date=2 March 1939 |access-date=28 December 2018 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> During Harold's childhood in the 1890s, Waukaringa was home to around 600 people.

On 23 February 1895, James left Waukaringa, taking his family to Broken Hill.<ref name="WAUKARINGA MINING">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161817383 |title=WAUKARINGA MINING. |newspaper=[[Adelaide Observer]] |volume=LII |issue=2,786 |date=23 February 1895 |access-date=28 December 2018 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ''[[The Observer (Adelaide)|The Adelaide Observer]]'' noted his departure from the town, saying: "Mr Oliver left Waukaringa today. He was one of the oldest residents, and most respected."<ref name="WAUKARINGA MINING"/>

Today, Waukaringa is a [[ghost town]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Discover South Australia's Mining Heritage Trails|publisher=Primary Industries and Resources South Australia|year=1998|page=22}}</ref>

== Broken Hill years (1895–1908) ==
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 | source = '''The Barrier Miner'''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45055075 |title=FOOTBALL NOTES. |newspaper=[[The Barrier Miner]] |volume=XX |issue=6199 |location=New South Wales|date=3 June 1908 |access-date=28 September 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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When Harold Oliver was five, his family moved to the [[New South Wales]] mining town of [[Broken Hill]].

Oliver started playing football in Broken Hill for a junior team called the South Imperials.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45018931 |title=TO-MORROW'S SPORTING. |newspaper=[[The Barrier Miner]] |volume=XXI |issue=6151 |location=New South Wales|date=3 April 1908 |access-date=28 September 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1908, his last year living in Broken Hill, he debuted for the [[Broken Hill Football League|South Broken Hill Football Club]] in the [[Broken Hill Football League]] at the age of 17.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130857018 |title='Olivah-h-h-h'—High-Flying Port Adelaide Champion |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=47 |issue=7,225 |location=Adelaide |date=28 September 1946 |access-date=7 November 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Lyrup Football Club (1909)==

In 1909, Harold Oliver moved to [[Lyrup, South Australia]], and started a farm growing fruit. During this time, he captained the Lyrup football team, which had previously not won a game.<ref name=":1" /> In 1909, with the assistance of his brother, Harold helped the Lyrup football club win the local riverland league premiership.<ref name="SPORTING PAGE">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109464343 |title=SPORTING PAGE. |newspaper=[[Renmark Pioneer]] |volume=14 |issue=23 |location=South Australia |date=4 June 1909 |access-date=28 December 2018 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Oliver was awarded the Lyrup Football Club best-and-fairest award at the end of the riverland season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109465151 |title=Correspondents' Letters. Lyrup. |newspaper=[[Renmark Pioneer]] |volume=14 |issue=40 |location=South Australia |date=1 October 1909 |access-date=28 December 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 
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After the season, Lyrup traveled to [[Mildura]], where they lost twice to the home team. The ''[[Mildura Cultivator]]'' praised Oliver's marking and kicking, reporting that it was as good as anyone who had played at the ground.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74858053 |title=Pastime |newspaper=[[The Mildura Cultivator]] |location=Vic. |date=14 August 1909 |access-date=22 October 2015 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> An umpire at the game from [[Melbourne]] told Harold that he would be welcome in Melbourne to play football if he wanted to.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/michelangelo-rucci/australian-footballs-hall-of-fame-has-come-too-late-for-some-of-the-games-greatest-players/news-story/d6a6fd548f9b5f237e211869bb0f07ba|title=Australian football's Hall of Fame has come too late for some of the game's greatest players|last=RUCCI|first=MICHELANGELO|date=8 May 2015|newspaper=The Advertiser|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> At the end of 1909, Oliver was contemplating moving to Queensland to join his sister in the state; however, two friends, the Musgrave brothers, who played for West Suburbans in Adelaide, suggested he come down and visit.<ref name=":1" />

==Port Adelaide Football Club (1910–1922)==
When Oliver arrived in Adelaide, he started playing for West Suburbans and immediately began to draw attention from the two largest [[South Australian National Football League|South Australian Football League]] (SAFL) clubs, [[Norwood Football Club|Norwood]] and [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]. South Australian businessman [[Edwin Thomas Smith|Edwin T. Smith]] was sending Oliver letters asking him to come train with Norwood, whilst [[John Woollard|John Woolard]], then captain of Port Adelaide—who, like Oliver, grew up in Broken Hill—was also enquiring about his services.<ref name=":1" /> Before Oliver made his debut with Port Adelaide, he was lined up with a job shovelling furnace waste. Disgruntled, he spoke to the Musgrave brothers' father, who suggested he approach [[West Torrens Football Club|West Torrens]] and train with them, to which Oliver agreed.<ref name=":1" /> Port Adelaide secretary James Hodge prevented this move, however, as Oliver had signed a contract with him shortly beforehand.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208021272 |title=NEWS AND NOTES. |newspaper=[[Evening Journal (Adelaide)|Evening Journal]] |volume=XLIV |issue=12206 |location=Adelaide |date=19 May 1910 |access-date=8 November 2016 |page=4|edition=SPECIAL SPORTS |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> To placate Oliver, Hodge later took Oliver out on a fishing trip to resolve the feud and found him a better job.<ref name=":1" />

=== Debut for Port Adelaide ===
[[File:1911 Port Adelaide State representatives.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Harold Oliver with fellow Port Adelaide players who represented South Australia in the states victorious [[1911 Adelaide Carnival|National football carnival]] in 1911 (L–R: [[Angelo Congear|Congear]], Oliver, [[Sampson Hosking|Hosking]], [[Frank Hansen (Australian footballer)|Hansen]]).]]
Harold Oliver was listed to make his debut for the club in the first round of the [[1910 SAFL season]]. Such was Oliver's enthusiasm to make his debut that he arrived at the Adelaide Train Station in his full playing uniform.<ref name=":2" /> However, due to the death of [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]], the first round of SAFL matches were postponed as a sign of respect.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131879695 |title=66 YEARS of SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=XXVII |issue=4,054 |location=Adelaide |date=20 July 1936 |access-date=2 October 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Oliver eventually made his senior debut for Port Adelaide on 25 June 1910 in a win against [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]] at [[Jubilee Oval (Adelaide)|Jubilee Oval]].<ref name=":1" /> Port Adelaide would win the SAFL premiership in Oliver's debut season and would subsequently contest the [[1910 Championship of Australia]] in a match against Victorian Football League (VFL) premiers [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]. Harold Oliver kicked 5 goals in the match, helping [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] defeat Collingwood and claim national honours.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5270867|title=FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.|date=17 October 1910|via=National Library of Australia|newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|location=Adelaide|page=12|access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> In 1910, Oliver also made the journey with Port Adelaide to [[Western Australia]] to play a series of matches. This was the first trip by an eastern state club to play football in Western Australia.<ref name=":1" /> Harold Oliver was awarded a gold medal by Port Adelaide for being the best junior of the 1910 season for the club.<ref name="HAROLD OLIVER"/>

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| source = '''South Australia Register'''<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/australian-footballs-hall-of-fame-has-come-too-late-for-some-of-the-games-greatest-players/story-fnia3nqh-1227347311123|title = How soon we forget the stars of yesteryear|last = Rucci|first = Michelangelo|date = 8 May 2015|via = The Advertiser}}</ref>
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Harold Oliver was a member of the [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australian]] state team that won the [[1911 Adelaide Carnival|1911 Interstate Carnival]], defeating the [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victorian]] side 11.11 (77) to 5.4 (34). Players in the 1911 South Australian team included [[Bert Renfrey]] (captain), [[Vic Cumberland]], [[Richard Head (footballer)|Richard Head]], [[Tom Leahy (footballer)|Tom Leahy]], and [[Dave Low]], along with Port Adelaide players [[Sampson Hosking]], [[Angelo Congear]], and [[Frank Hansen (Australian footballer)|Frank Hansen]].<ref>"The South Australian team". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA). 5 August 1911. p. 17.</ref> During Round 2 of the 1911 SAFL season, Oliver kicked 7 goals against North Adelaide in what was his twelfth game for Port Adelaide. At the end of the [[1911 SAFL season]], Harold Oliver was awarded his first [[John Cahill Medal|Port Adelaide Best and Fairest]] in just his second year at the club. During an end of year dinner for the Port Adelaide Football Club players and officials, the then vice president of the club, Dr Alexander Benson, declared that "Oliver should have gained the [[Magarey Medal]]", which was instead won by [[Vic Cumberland|Harold Cumberland]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203466583 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Evening Journal (Adelaide)|Evening Journal]] |volume=XLV |issue=12645 |location=Adelaide |date=1 November 1911 |access-date=16 February 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Dr Benson's position was supported by readers of ''The Sport'', an upstart Adelaide newspaper, whose readers voted more than 6:1 that Oliver had a better season than Cumberland.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215842623 |title=Best All-round League Player. |newspaper=[[The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)|Sport]] |location=South Australia |date=14 October 1911 |access-date=8 May 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref>

He kicked 28 goals in the 1912 SAFL season.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Football. port adelaide club.|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105220512|newspaper = Daily Herald|date = 1912-03-09|access-date = 2015-10-16|page = 12}}</ref> During a game against [[Norwood Football Club|Norwood]] at [[Norwood Oval]], Oliver got into a fight with Ed Edwards of Norwood, with both players reported by umpire Dollman.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204510684 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Evening Journal (Adelaide)|Evening Journal]] |volume=XLVI |issue=12820 |location=Adelaide |date=31 May 1912 |access-date=7 June 2017 |page=1 (THE SPORTING SECTION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> As a result, both Oliver and Edwards were suspended, thereby meaning the Magarey Medal favourite would be disqualified from winning the award.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209947824 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]] |volume=XLIX |issue=14,634 |location=South Australia |date=8 June 1912 |access-date=7 June 2017 |page=12 (Friday's Edition.) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Despite this, he would be awarded his second consecutive Port Adelaide Best and Fairest at the end of the 1912 SAFL season .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/honour-roll|title=Honour Roll|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|access-date=2016-12-11}}</ref> Oliver polled first in the club's best and fairest for almost every round and won the award by over 500 votes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105262396 |title=FOOTBALL |newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]] |volume=3 |issue=804 |location=Adelaide |date=17 October 1912 |access-date=24 February 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[The Register (Adelaide)|''The Register'']], a local Adelaide newspaper, said regarding the Magarey Medal that "While giving full credit to the winner, however, it is only fair to state that had not Oliver (the brilliant young Port Adelaide player) been disqualified through a regrettable occurrence in a match at Norwood he would undoubtedly have been the medallist this time. He stands out conspicuously."<ref name="autogenerated15">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58597413 |title=CHAMPION FOOTBALLERS. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |volume=LXXVII |issue=20,562 |location=Adelaide |date=5 October 1912 |access-date=24 March 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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[[File:PortAdelaide1914.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Harold Oliver—third left, middle row—with [[1914 Port Adelaide Football Club season|Port Adelaide's 1914 "Invincibles" team]].]]
For the [[1913 SAFL season|1913 season]], Oliver was appointed vice captain of Port Adelaide alongside the new club captain, [[Jack Londrigan|John Londrigan]], who had just come from the [[Adelaide University Football Club]] after that club's failed attempt to gain entry into the SAFL.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5404022 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |volume=LV |issue=17,025 |location=Adelaide |date=10 May 1913 |access-date=24 February 2017 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> During August, Harold Oliver married Blanche Downer from [[Lyrup, South Australia|Lyrup]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109202299 |title=WEDDING AT LYRUP. |newspaper=[[Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record]] |volume=18 |issue=31 |location=South Australia |date=1 August 1913 |access-date=17 June 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Port Adelaide won the 1913 SAFL premiership by defeating [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]] in the [[1913 SAFL Grand Final]] in front of 22,000 spectators at [[Adelaide Oval]]. Oliver and Port Adelaide went on to win the [[1913 Championship of Australia]] by defeating VFL premier [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5805114?searchTerm |title = Football-champions at play-port adelaide defeat fitzroy-a hollow victory.|work =[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]| date = 9 October 1913}}</ref>

In 1914, Harold Oliver played every game for the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/articles/view/The+Invincibles+at+play+-+SAFL+Rnd+8+1914%253A+Port+Adelaide+v+Souths/16|title=Australian Football|website=australianfootball.com|access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref> He was part of Port Adelaide's undefeated 1914 team that held [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]] to a single goal in the [[1914 SAFL Grand Final]] and defeated VFL premiers [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] in the [[1914 Championship of Australia]] match at the [[Adelaide Oval]]. A game played between Port Adelaide and a composite team of the best SAFL players was held in the post-season, with Port Adelaide coming out as the victors. Harold Oliver captained Port Adelaide that day and was awarded a trophy as best on ground with arguably the best players of the competition taking to the field on that day.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163141173 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=Observer (Adelaide newspaper) |location=Adelaide |date=17 October 1914 |access-date=21 December 2014 |page=33 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

=== War years in Berri and the Patriotic League ===

During World War I, Harold Oliver returned to Berri to maintain his farm. One of his close friends, William Powell, sent him a letter during his time serving that included a short paragraph describing how Australian soldiers were discussing his prowess and that others were exclaiming "Oliver!" whilst playing the Australian game.

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Due to the war, the SAFA suspended its competition from 1916 through to 1918. Despite this official suspension, a group of South Australian clubs decided to form their own league in 1916, and the money generated would be put toward the war effort. The Railways Football Club was one of the clubs that participated in this competition and managed to attract Harold Oliver to be the club's captain. Unfortunately for the Railways, Oliver would only play one game for the Railways, and he would instead return to Berri to focus on his farm. Later in the season, Oliver returned to Port Adelaide to play a few games for the club, which was also partaking in the Patriotic League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/articles/view/South+Australian+football+in+wartime/1928|title=Australian Football – South Australian football in wartime|last=Gyss|first=Trevor |website=australianfootball.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref> Port Adelaide would end up winning the 1916 South Australian Patriotic League Grand Final by defeating West Torrens 7.11 (53) to 1.13 (19). Harold Oliver played for Port Adelaide during the game and kicked a goal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59827704 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |volume=5 |issue=222 |location=Adelaide |date=19 August 1916 |access-date=23 January 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

After World War I, Harold Oliver had chosen to retire from league football for the upcoming [[1919 SAFL season]]. Towards the close of the 1919 SAFL season, Port Adelaide had successfully qualified for finals, finishing the minor round fourth. In a bid to increase their chances of September success, Port Adelaide put a call out to Oliver to play in the club's final against West Torrens to which he accepted. Unfortunately, Oliver was out of touch due to not having played during the year, and thus Port Adelaide was eliminated from the year's finals.

=== Return to football, captain of Port Adelaide and South Australia ===
[[File:Rover 500 cc 1920.jpg|thumb|left|250px|At the end of 1920, a group of Port Adelaide fans bought a 3.5hp [[Rover (motorcycles)|Rover motorcycle]] for Oliver (same as the model pictured) to enable him to make the trip back and forth to his farm in [[Berri, South Australia]].<ref name="nla.gov.au nla">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165905599 |title=Motoring. |newspaper=[[The Observer (Adelaide)|Observer]] |volume=LXXVII |issue=5,816 |location=South Australia |date=10 July 1920 |access-date=23 September 2016 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>]]

In 1920, keen supporters of the [[Port Adelaide Football Club]], headed by Mr. Swain, collectively raised £77.13.8<ref>{{Cite book|title = 100 Years with the Magpies|last = McLean|first = Robert|publisher = Letterpress|year = 1971|location = Adelaide|page = 23}}</ref> ($5,554 in 2020 terms) and bought Harold a [[Rover (motorcycles)|Rover 3.5hp motor-cycle]]<ref name="nla.gov.au nla"/> so he could make his commute of over 200&nbsp;km to and from [[Berri, South Australia|Berri]], where he eventually settled on his own property as a fruit grower during the 1920 season.<ref name="www.users.on.net i02317">{{cite web|url=http://www.users.on.net/~jtpope/public/indiv/i02317.htm|title=Family tree. Details of William Harold OLIVER (1891–1958)|website=www.users.on.net|access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref>
During the 1921 season, Oliver served his sole season as Port Adelaide captain. During August, Oliver would be designated captain of the South Australian state team during a trip to Western Australia for a state football carnival along with Victoria. Oliver would become sick during the trip and would miss the game against Victoria but would manage to play a game as captain of South Australia against Western Australia a few days later.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28000637 |title=CARNIVAL FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXVII |issue=6,030 |location=Western Australia |date=15 August 1921 |access-date=29 June 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[File:Port Adelaide 1921.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Oliver captained Port Adelaide's [[1921 SAFL season|1921 SAFL premiership]].]]
Upon returning to Adelaide for the remainder of the season, he would lead the club to the 1921 SAFL premiership, defeating Norwood by 8 points in the [[1921 SAFL Grand Final]] in front of 34,800 spectators at the [[Adelaide Oval]]. This would be Oliver's fourth and final premiership with Port Adelaide.

In 1922, after playing only 5 league matches for the season, his career at Port Adelaide finally came to an end due to commitments to his farm at Berri and disputes regarding game compensation. His contract termination meant he was paid £76 of £100 for the season.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Play and players notes from various sources.|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106671475|newspaper = Daily Herald|date = 1922-08-04|access-date = 2015-10-16|page = 7}}</ref>

== Return to Riverland football (1923–1932) ==
[[File:Harold_Oliver_Berri_Coach_1938.png|thumb|left|250px|Harold Oliver, second from right, with the 1938 Berri Football Club URML premiers.]]
When Harold Oliver retired from league football, he returned to his fruit farm to settle with his wife Blanche in the South Australian Riverland town of Berri. He became captain-coach of the [[Berri Football Club]] in 1923.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129765819 |title=PORT |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=VI |issue=824 |location=Adelaide |date=4 March 1926 |access-date=31 October 2016 |page=11|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

During a match for Berri-Barmera in 1925, a drunken spectator by the name of John Purcell who, after previously shouting abuse at Oliver, went onto the playing field just before half-time and punched Harold in the jaw with a glancing blow.<ref name="IN THE COURTS">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64242192 |title=IN THE COURTS. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)|The Register]] |volume=XC |issue=26,424 |location=Adelaide |date=4 September 1925 |access-date=8 August 2018 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Oliver retaliated and punched Purcell in self-defence, as he was intimidated by Purcell, who was a "big" man.<ref name="IN THE COURTS"/> Purcell later died with [[meningitis]], and Oliver was subsequently arrested.<ref name="IN THE COURTS"/> At Oliver's court hearing, the Jury retired for only five minutes and returned a verdict of "not guilty".<ref name="IN THE COURTS"/>

Berri Football Club replanted a new oval in 1927, and Harold Oliver worked as a groundskeeper.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129072420 |title=FOOTBALL VETERAN |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=XIII |issue=1,928 |location=Adelaide |date=19 September 1929 |access-date=31 October 2016 |page=4|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> During that year, Oliver recommended Berri footballer [[Jack Wade (footballer)|John Wade]] to his old club Port Adelaide.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128893537 |title=WADE FOR MELBOURNE |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=XIV |issue=2,053 |location=Adelaide |date=13 February 1930 |access-date=28 December 2018 |page=3|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Wade would successfully go on to play in Port Adelaide's [[1928 SANFL Grand Final|1928 premiership]]. In 1929, at the age of 38, Oliver had kicked 21 goals from the opening three games for the Upper Murray Association football team and averaged more than 10 goals at the club's Berri home ground for the season.<ref>{{Cite news|title = FOOTBALL VETERAN HAROLD OLIVER IN FORM Former Port Captain|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129072420|newspaper = News|date = 1929-09-19|access-date = 2015-10-16|page = 4}}</ref> He played his last-ever football game in 1931 when his club won the Upper Murray Association premiership by defeating [[Barmera-Monash Football club|Barmera]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74375273 |title=HAROLD OLIVER'S LAST GAME. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=9 October 1931 |access-date=18 November 2014 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> During the match, he kicked six goals from six shots at goal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74670095 |title=NOTES ON THE GAME. |newspaper=[[Advertiser and Register]] |location=Adelaide |date=4 September 1931 |access-date=22 October 2015 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Oliver coached Berri to premierships in 1937 and 1938. During the 1938 post-season, Oliver organised an exhibition match between Berri and his old club Port Adelaide.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109244128 |title=Random Notes on U.M. Football. |newspaper=[[Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record]] |location=Renmark, SA |date=22 September 1938 |access-date=22 October 2015 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Harold Oliver married Blanche Downer of Lyrup on 19 July 1913.<ref>{{Cite news|title = WEDDING AT LYRUP. OLIVER—DOWNER.|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109202299|newspaper = Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record|date = 1913-08-01|access-date = 2015-10-16|page = 6}}</ref> He had three children: Beryl, James and Joyce.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.users.on.net/~jtpope/public/indiv/i02317.htm|title=Family tree of John and Dalece Pope (Deacon): William Harold Oliver|last=Pope|first=John|date=1 November 2018|website=users.on.net}}</ref>

In his retirement, Oliver lived in [[Cowandilla, South Australia|Cowandilla]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.users.on.net/~jtpope/public/indiv/i02317.htm|title=Details: William Harold OLIVER|website=www.users.on.net|access-date=2019-11-19}}</ref> He died on 15 November 1958, aged 67. The only club representatives at his funeral were [[Bob McLean (Australian footballer)|Bob McLean]] and Charles Darwent, leading to the former to say in his book ''100 Years with the Magpies'' that "There is a very true saying, when referring to the champions, that they are peacock's feathers today and feather dusters tomorrow&nbsp;... How the mighty fall!".<ref>{{Cite book|title = 100 Years with the Magpies|last = McLean|first = Robert|publisher = Letterpress|year = 1971|location = Adelaide|pages = 17–18}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:PortAdelaideOval.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Oliver taking a [[spectacular mark]] during the [[1914 SAFL season#Week 1|1914 SAFL Semi Final]] against {{SANFL Stu}} at [[Adelaide Oval]].]]
Harold Oliver is often considered one of the best South Australian players never to win the [[Magarey Medal]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/harold%252Boliver/326|title=Australian Football – Harold Oliver – Player Bio|website=australianfootball.com|access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref> This is partially the result of the medal not being awarded for several years during World War I while the SAFL competition was suspended, along with being ineligible in 1912.

=== Spectacular mark ===
Within South Australia at the time, he was unanimously considered the best exponent of the [[Spectacular mark|spectacular high-flying mark]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129237541|title=O-L-I-V-E-R! Marking Controversy WAS HE HIGHEST FLYER?|date=1927-06-09|newspaper=News|page=14|access-date=2015-10-16}}</ref> In 1935, Australian cricket umpire [[George Hele]], whilst writing for ''[[The Sporting Globe]]'' in Melbourne, described Harold Oliver as the "[[Roy Cazaly|[Roy] Cazaly]] of South Australia".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189125182 |title=Football Champions of the Past in South Australia |newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]] |issue=1357 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=24 July 1935 |access-date=17 June 2017 |page=10 (Edition1) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> When former South Adelaide champion Steve McKee was reminiscing about Oliver's debut in 1910, he wrote that "Harold Oliver, a highflier equal in skill to [[Phil Matson|[Phil] Matson]], but more certain in his leaping, burst like a meteor into the football firmament in that year."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128865322 |title=SENSATIONS AND STARS OF THE PAST |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |location=Adelaide |date=23 September 1933 |access-date=25 January 2020 |page=3 |via=Trove }}</ref>

=== Interstate reputation ===
The aforementioned Phil Matson, [[East Perth Football Club|East Perth]] premiership player and coach, regarded Harold Oliver as the best centreman he had met during his football career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/articles/view/phil+matson+is+remembered/359|title=Australian Football – phil matson is remembered|last=Gay|first=Tasman |website=australianfootball.com|access-date=2016-10-22}}</ref> [[Tom Outridge Sr.|Tom Outridge Sr]], winner of the inaugural [[Sandover Medal]], said that one of his outstanding memories was of Harold Oliver, stating that when he was a boy he was "taken by his father to see Port play at Kalgoorlie in 1913. The memory of Oliver's brilliant game is as vivid in my mind today as it was when I left the ground that day. He was a wonderful player."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130357795 |title=TIME FOR MEETING OF LEAGUE A RECORD? |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=57 |issue=8,765 |location=Adelaide |date=11 September 1951 |access-date=17 June 2017 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> After the [[1911 Adelaide Carnival]], [[Ralph Robertson (Australian footballer)|Ralph Robertson]] praised the performance of Oliver.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106701759 |title=HAROLD OLIVER EULOGISED |newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]] |location=South Australia |date=20 July 1923 |access-date=25 January 2020 |page=7 |via=Trove }}</ref> When retired Tasmanian footballer Charlie Goddard travelled to watch his son play for Tasmania at the [[1914 Sydney Carnival]], he stated how he was enraptured by Harold Oliver's play, saying he was "the noblest roman of them all".<ref name=":3" />

=== Local reputation ===
[[Tom Leahy (footballer)|Tom Leahy]], [[Magarey Medal]]ist and captain of [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]], once stated after a game at [[Alberton Oval]] that "North Adelaide would certainly have won had Port not possessed a superman in Oliver."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210982133|title=HAROLD OLIVER, SUPERFOOTBALLER. His Extraordinary Career.|date=5 July 1923|newspaper=[[The Express (Adelaide)|The Express]]|issue=17,981|location=Adelaide|volume=LX |page=7 (5 O'CLOCK EDITION. SPORTS NUMBER)|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> [[Vic Richardson]], captain of the [[Sturt Football Club]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australian cricket team]], described Harold Oliver as being "The finest all-round exponent of Australian football in my playing and watching experience of it".
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/harold+oliver/326|title=Australian Football – Harold Oliver – Player Bio|website=australianfootball.com|access-date=2015-10-17}}</ref> Charlie Checkett, long serving curator of the [[Adelaide Oval]], considered Harold Oliver "The greatest footballer this state [South Australia] has produced".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106464849|title=GENERAL NOTES.|date=30 May 1919|via=National Library of Australia|newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Adelaide)|Daily Herald]]|location=Adelaide|page=7|access-date=28 December 2014}}</ref> When [[James Matthews (footballer)|James Matthews]], captain of [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]] and [[South Australia cricket team|South Australian cricketer]], was asked in 1951, four decades after he retired, who he thought was the finest all-round Australian rules footballer, he stated Harold Oliver.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45693108 |title=Unparalleled Record in Football |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |volume=93 |issue=28,867 |location=Adelaide |date=19 April 1951 |access-date=17 June 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1965, a publication covering 100 years of South Australian football written by Charles Knuckey included the state's all-time team; Harold Oliver was allocated the position of [[centre half-forward]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=South Australian Football : the past and the present|last=Knuckey|first=Charles|publisher=Associated Publishers|year=1965|location=Adelaide|page=45}}</ref>

=== Port Adelaide reputation ===
[[Angelo Congear]], whose career completely overlapped with Oliver, said that "As an all-round player, Harold Oliver is my pick. In his prime he played a wonderfully clever game anywhere. He is also the fairest player it has been my pleasure to play with."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212174179|title=A. CONGEAR|date=7 September 1921|newspaper=[[The Critic (Adelaide)|The Critic]]|issue=1228|location=Adelaide|volume=XXXI |page=23|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref> In 1924 after 40 years of involvement with training footballers [[Jack McGargill]], former Port Adelaide head trainer, described Harold Oliver as "the finest footballer the state has produced".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129726468 |title=Port Confident |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=II |issue=265 |location=Adelaide |date=29 May 1924 |access-date=28 December 2018 |page=9|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1948, Arthur Swain, the club's former chairman who had been associated with the club for 44 years at the time, stated that "Harold Oliver was the greatest footballer I have ever seen in my life", thereby ranking him ahead of the recently retired [[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109433606 |title=Norwood and Pt. Adelaide Play Brilliant Football |newspaper=[[Murray Pioneer]] |location=South Australia |date=14 October 1948 |access-date=28 January 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref> A section of the 1951 PAFC Annual Report paid tribute to Harold Oliver by stating that he "was a champion in any position on the field, being an outstanding high mark and a magnificent kick. He played with conspicuous brilliance in many interstate matches and will rank amongst the really great players of all time."<ref>{{Cite book|title=1951 Port Adelaide Annual Report|year=1951|pages=23–25}}</ref> Albert Tomlin, who played with Port Adelaide from 1888 to 1894, considered Harold Oliver to be Port Adelaide's best-ever player and the best all-rounder anywhere, alongside [[Tom MacKenzie]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210981762 |title=CAPTAINED THREE TEAMS. |newspaper=[[The Express (Adelaide)|The Express]] |location=Adelaide |date=28 June 1923 |access-date=15 February 2020 |page=7 (5 O'CLOCK EDITION. SPORTS NUMBER) |via=Trove }}</ref>

=== Honours ===
Oliver was one of the first 18 inaugural members of Port Adelaide's Hall of Fame in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/hall-of-fame|title=Hall of Fame|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|access-date=2016-12-11}}</ref> In 2001, Harold Oliver was named in the [[Port Adelaide Football Club]]'s greatest team of all time, placed on the half-forward flank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/greatest-team|title=Greatest Team|website=portadelaidefc.com.au|access-date=2015-10-16|archive-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110161130/http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/club/history/Greatest-Team|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2002, Harold Oliver was inducted into the [[South Australian Football Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/hall-of-fame/w-harold-oliver/|title=W (Harold) Oliver|website=SANFL|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> In 2020, the ''[[Adelaide Advertiser]]'' ranked Port Adelaide's best 50 players, with Harold Oliver coming in at number 11.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Counting down Port Adelaide's 50 Greatest Players in club's 150 years: those ranked 20-11|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/port-adelaide/counting-down-port-adelaides-50-greatest-players-in-clubs-150-years-those-ranked-2011/news-story/180ce46b5407f195f4c48e3a96d736ea|last=Turner|first=Matt|date=8 May 2020|website=The Advertiser}}</ref>

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