Career
He spent his junior career with the Barrie Flyers through the 1956-1957 and 1959-1960 seasons. During the 1959-1960 National Hockey League season, Rolfe was able to play three games with the Boston Bruins, as well as two games with the Kingston Frontenacs of the EPHL.
Rolfe then spent the 1960-1961 and 1961-1962 season with the Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League. Rolfe then moved to the AHL where he spent the next season with the Hershey Bears and the following four seasons with the Springfield Indians.
In the 1967-1968 season, he returned to the National Hockey League, playing for the Los Angeles Kings.
He played for the Kings until he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings on February 20, 1970. Rolfe stayed in Detroit for the remainder of the 1969-1970 season and the majority of the 1970-1971 season before being traded to the New York Rangers for Jim Krulicki where he would spend the rest of his professional career, retiring after the 1974-1975 National Hockey League season.
Rolfe played a total of 509 National Hockey League regular season games with 25 goals, 125 assists and 556 penalty minutes. He was recognized by opponents to be a smart defender who uses tremendous reach and strength to play the puck or take a man out of play.