Bobby Olive

{{Short description|American football player (born 1969)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bobby Olive

| number = 1, 16, 18, 88

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|22}}

| birth_place = Paris, Tennessee, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 167

| high_school = Frederick Douglass {{nowrap|(Atlanta, Georgia)}}

| college = Ohio State

| draftyear = 1991

| draftround = 11

| draftpick = 300

| pastteams =

• Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1991}})*
• Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1992}})*{{cite web |title=Bobby Olive |url=https://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=Bobby+Olive&Team=&BeginDate=&EndDate=&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&ILChkBx=yes&NBADLChkBx=yes&InjuriesChkBx=yes&PersonalChkBx=yes&DisciplinaryChkBx=yes&LegalChkBx=yes&submit=Search |website=Pro Sports Transactions |access-date=9 August 2024}}
• Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1994}})*
• Washington Redskins (1995)*
• Frankfurt Galaxy (1995)
• Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1995|1996}})
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1997}})*
• Hamilton Tiger-Cats ({{CFL Year|1998}})
• Buffalo Destroyers ({{AFL Year|1999|2002}})
• Carolina Cobras (2002)
• Columbus Destroyers ({{AFL Year|2005}})

| pastcoaching =

• Frisco Fighters ({{IFL Year|2021}})
  Wide receivers coach

| pfr = OlivBo20

| aflstatlabel1 = Receptions

| aflstatvalue1 = 202

| aflstatlabel2 = Receiving yards

| aflstatvalue2 = 2,125

| aflstatlabel3 = Touchdowns

| aflstatvalue3 = 26

| afl = 2097

}}

Bobby Lee Olive Jr. (born April 22, 1969) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Indianapolis Colts. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He also played in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Buffalo Destroyers/Columbus Destroyers and Carolina Cobras and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.{{cite web|url=http://www.arenafan.com/players/?page=players&player=2097&pageview=career/|title=Bobby Olive - ArenaFan.com|website=www.arenafan.com}} Olive was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the eleventh round of the 1991 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1991 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1991/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

In December 2019, it was announced that Olive would be the inaugural head coach of the Columbus Wild Dogs, an Indoor Football League team in Columbus, Ohio, that was announced to begin play in the 2021 season.{{cite web |url=https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/indoor-football-league-coming-to-columbus-in-2021 |title=Indoor Football League coming to Columbus in 2021 |website=WSYX |date=December 12, 2019}} The team did not launch as scheduled and by December 2021, Olive and Wild Dogs management announced they had cut ties with the team's owners.{{cite web |url=https://abc6onyourside.com/sports/content/company-operating-columbus-wild-dogs-indoor-football-team-cuts-ties-with-team-owners |title=Company operating Columbus Wild Dogs indoor football team cuts ties with team owners |website=WSYX |date=December 8, 2021}}