Robert Leslie Olive (27 April 1928 – 20 May 2006) was a football player and administrator who was club secretary of Manchester United from 1958 to 1988, when he was made a director of the club. Born in Salford, England, he joined the Manchester United ground staff at the age of 14 in 1942. He then performed his National Service with the Royal Air Force before returning to Manchester United in 1948 to begin his administrative career overseeing the club's reserve team. He retained ambitions as a player and was a regular in the club's 'A' and 'B' junior sides, as well as making the odd reserve team appearance. He played in "every position except outside left", but preferred a defensive role as either a full-back or a centre-half; however, it was as a goalkeeper that he made his first-team deb