Rollie

Rollie is a nickname, often for Roland or Rolland, and occasionally a given name which may refer to:

Rolands

  • Rollie Boutin (born 1957), Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender
  • Rollie Cook (born 1952), Canadian politician
  • Rollie Dotsch (1933-1988), American professional football coach
  • Rollie Fingers (born 1946), American retired Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher
  • Granville Roland Fortescue (1875-1952), American soldier, presidential aide (to cousin Theodore Roosevelt), journalist and war correspondent
  • Rollie Free (1900-1984), American motorcycle racer who broke the American former land speed record in 1948
  • Rollie Massimino (1934–2017), American college basketball coach and former player
  • Roland McLenahan (1921-1984), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Roland Melanson (born 1960), Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender and coach, nicknamed "Rollie the goalie"
  • Rollie Miles (1927-1995), Canadian Football League player
  • Roland Paulhus (1901-1964), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Roland Pemberton (born 1986), Canadian rapper under the stage name Cadence Weapon
  • Felix Rossignol (1920-1981), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Rollie Sheldon (born 1936), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Roland “Rollie” Page Dimick (born 1969), American, Pediatrician, artist, philosopher, designer, entrepreneur.

Rollands

  • Rolland Busch (1920-1985), Australian theologian and Presbyterian and Uniting Church minister
  • Rollie Greeno (1926-2010), American college football coach
  • Rolland W. Redlin (1920-2011), American politician
  • Rollie Seltz (1924–2022), American retired basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association's first season
  • Rollie Stiles (1906-2007), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rollie Williams (1897-1968), American National Football League player in 1923 and college basketball and football coach

Presumed given name

Other

  • Stratton Rollins Rollie Heath (born 1937), American politician, Democratic Majority Leader of the Colorado State Senate
  • Ralston Rollie Hemsley (1907-1972), American Major League Baseball catcher
  • Roleine Rollie Naylor (1892-1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rollin Prather (1925-1996), Canadian Football League player
  • Rollie Lynn Riggs (1899-1954), American author, poet and playwright

Fictional characters

  • Roland Tyler, protagonist of the films F/X and F/X2, played by Bryan Brown

See also

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