# Rollie

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This article is about the nickname and given name. For the cigarette paper, see [Rolling paper](/source/Rolling_paper). For the Scottish bread roll, see [Buttery (bread)](/source/Buttery_(bread)). For the Swiss timepiece manufacturer, see [Rolex](/source/Rolex).

**Rollie** is a nickname, often for [Roland](/source/Roland_(name)) or [Rolland](/source/Rolland), and occasionally a [given name](/source/Given_name) which may refer to:

## Rolands

- [Rollie Boutin](/source/Rollie_Boutin) (born 1957), Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender
- [Rollie Cook](/source/Rollie_Cook) (born 1952), Canadian politician
- [Rollie Dotsch](/source/Rollie_Dotsch) (1933-1988), American professional football coach
- [Rollie Fingers](/source/Rollie_Fingers) (born 1946), American retired Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher
- [Granville Roland Fortescue](/source/Granville_Roland_Fortescue) (1875-1952), American soldier, presidential aide (to cousin Theodore Roosevelt), journalist and war correspondent
- [Rollie Free](/source/Rollie_Free) (1900-1984), American motorcycle racer who broke the American former land speed record in 1948
- [Rollie Massimino](/source/Rollie_Massimino) (1934–2017), American college basketball coach and former player
- [Roland McLenahan](/source/Roland_McLenahan) (1921-1984), Canadian National Hockey League player
- [Roland Melanson](/source/Roland_Melanson) (born 1960), Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender and coach, nicknamed "Rollie the goalie"
- [Rollie Miles](/source/Rollie_Miles) (1927-1995), Canadian Football League player
- [Roland Paulhus](/source/Roland_Paulhus) (1901-1964), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Roland Pemberton (born 1986), Canadian rapper under the stage name [Cadence Weapon](/source/Cadence_Weapon)
- [Felix Rossignol](/source/Felix_Rossignol) (1920-1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Rollie Sheldon](/source/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](/source/Rolland_Busch) (1920-1985), Australian theologian and Presbyterian and Uniting Church minister
- [Rollie Greeno](/source/Rollie_Greeno) (1926-2010), American college football coach
- [Rolland W. Redlin](/source/Rolland_W._Redlin) (1920-2011), American politician
- [Rollie Seltz](/source/Rollie_Seltz) (1924–2022), American retired basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association's first season
- [Rollie Stiles](/source/Rollie_Stiles) (1906-2007), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- [Rollie Williams](/source/Rollie_Williams) (1897-1968), American National Football League player in 1923 and college basketball and football coach

## Presumed given name

- [Rollie Cook (Canadian football)](/source/Rollie_Cook_(Canadian_football)) (born c. 1936), former Canadian Football League player
- [Rollie Zeider](/source/Rollie_Zeider) (1883-1967), American Major League Baseball player

## Other

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

## Fictional characters

- Roland Tyler, protagonist of the films *[F/X](/source/F/X)* and *F/X2*, played by Bryan Brown

## See also

- [Rolly (disambiguation)](/source/Rolly_(disambiguation))

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