Bruce Olive

Bruce Olive (28 August 1930 – 22 May 2025) was an Australian indigenous 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.

Olive died on 22 May 2025, at the age of 94.