Les Olive

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 made one more appearance in senior football, a 2–2 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion the following week, before returning to the 'A' team as a left-back.

That year, he was made assistant club secretary under Walter Crickmer. In 1958, Crickmer was killed in the Munich air disaster along with eight Manchester United players, two other members of the club's staff and various others as the team returned from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade. Along with his wife Betty, Olive was responsible for breaking the news to the victims' families and helping to organise funerals. He was officially made club secretary in the summer of 1958 and remained in the role until his retirement in 1988, when he joined the club's board of directors.

Olive also represented Manchester United at the Manchester Football Association from 1959, and was president at the time of his death from prostate cancer at the age of 78 on 20 May 2006. He was survived by his wife and daughter, Susan.