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Milton Martin Olander (January 25, 1899 – December 30, 1961) was an American football player and coach. Olander was born in 1899 at Rockford, Illinois. His father, Frank Olander, emigrated from Sweden in 1881 and became a saloon keeper in Rockford. His mother, Selma Olander, emigrated from Sweden in 1888. He had two older brothers, Carl (born May 1895) and Clarence (born April 1897).〔Census entry for Frank Olander and family. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Census (on-line ). Census Place: Rockford Ward 6, Winnebago, Illinois; Roll: T623_356; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 142.〕 Olander graduated from Rockford High School, where he played on the football, basketball and track teams and was captain of the football team for two years.〔 He next enrolled at the University of Illinois where he played at the tackle position for Robert Zuppke's Fighting Illini football teams from 1918 to 1921. The University of Illinois yearbook noted: "'Milt' was the leading factor in the Illini line. His steadiness characterized him as Zup's most heady player. This was his fourth season." At the time of the 1920 United States Census, Olander was working as a laborer in a warehouse and living in Rockford with his mother, his older brother Clarence, and his younger sister Alice.〔Census entry for Selma S. Olander and family. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Census (on-line ). Census Place: Rockford Ward 8, Winnebago, Illinois; Roll: T625_417; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 218; Image: 1072.〕 After graduating from Illinois, Olander served as the head football coach at the Western State Normal School (now known as Western Michigan University) in 1922 and 1923. In his first year as a head coach, he led Western State to a perfect 6-0 record as his team outscored its opponents 160 to 0.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=College Football Data Warehouse )〕 In April 1924, Olander signed a contract to return to the University of Illinois as the freshman football coach. He served as an assistant football coach at Illinois through the 1934 season.〔("Life Is just a constant round of testimonial dinners for Milt Olander of Illinois who will leave the coaching stat next month")〕 At the time of the 1930 United States Census, Olander was living in Champaign, Illinois with his wife Mary S. Olander, daughter Suzanne Olander, and son Milton M. Olander, Jr. His occupation at that time was listed as an assistant coach for a university.〔Census entry for Milton Olander and family. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Census (on-line ). Census Place: Champaign, Champaign, Illinois; Roll: 409; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 938.0.〕 In 1940, Olander was appointed as the head of the Athletic Board of Control at the University of Illinois. Olander lived in Sylvania, Ohio in his later years. He worked as the director of industrial relations for Owens-Illinois Glass Co. at Toledo, Ohio. In 1953, he was offered a position as an Assistant Secretary of Labor in the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower.〔 Olander died in December 1961 at Toledo at the age of 62.〔Death certificate for Milton M. Olander, born 1899. Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (on-line ). Certificate: 88003; Volume: 16739.〕 Olander was one of the original members of the parks commission in Sylvania, Ohio. In recognition of his efforts, the city's park system is known as The Olander Park System. The city's largest park, Olander Park, and its lake, Lake Olander, are also named after him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Olander Park )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milton Olander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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