Background
Odlin was born on April 5, 1865 in Laconia, New Hampshire.
Odlin was born on April 5, 1865 in Laconia, New Hampshire.
He attended boarding school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
He served as the head coach at Brown in 1893. He continued his education at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1890. Odlin is credited with reviving interest in football at the college.
As John Henry Bartlett put it in his book, Dartmouth Athletics:
Odlin played on the football team as a fullback, and served as its captain for four years, from 1886 to 1889.
Upon graduation, he continued on to study law, which he practiced in Boston with the firm Odlin & Ruggles. In 1893, he took over as the head coach of the Brown University football team
He served in that position for one season and amassed a 6–3 record. Odlin died in May 1929.