William Odlin (April 5, 1865 – May 11, 1929) was an American lawyer and college football coach.

[1] He attended boarding school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.

As John Henry Bartlett put it in his book, Dartmouth Athletics:The Rugby game, started and grown moderately popular under Clarence Howland, had become almost obsolete at Dartmouth by '86, when Odlin entered college, and his laborious efforts to place it on a firm footing entitle him to a foremost place in the history of athletics at Dartmouth.

"[3]Odlin played on the football team as a fullback,[4] and served as its captain for four years, from 1886 to 1889.

[5] Upon graduation, he continued on to study law, which he practiced in Boston with the firm Odlin & Ruggles.