SALT LAKE CITY -- Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen ... the game as a broadcaster. Olsen wasn't just some former player who knew football and would weave tales of his playing days into the broadcast.

Merlin Olsen ... After retiring from football in 1976, the mild-mannered Olsen began a career in television. He had made some TV appearances during his playing days — including episodes of ...

Merlin Olsen always fascinated me ... crushing quarterbacks like a nutcracker? You don’t play pro football without anger or passion or a hatred for the other team. It’s still the most violent ...

Merlin Olsen, who went from being a member of the Los Angeles Rams' legendary "Fearsome Foursome" defensive line in the 1960s to playing Jonathan Garvey on TV's Little House on the Prairie and the ...

That’s how I felt when I learned that Merlin Olsen died Wednesday at age 69. I never knew Olsen. I watched him play football when I was a little kid, and later listened to his insightful ...

Football was a sport that three of the Olsen boys played best. Merlin and his younger brothers Phil and Orrin all would make it to the NFL, playing together in 1976, making it one of the very few ...

Take a look at the relationship between Los Angeles Rams defensive linemen Deacon Jones and Merlin Olsen ... a kid playing Pop Warner footbal and being coached by his father. Pro Football Hall ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen ... the game as a broadcaster. Olsen wasn't just some former player who knew football and would weave tales of his playing days into the broadcast.

Merlin Olsen, the Hall of Fame tackle who anchored the Los Angeles Rams’ Fearsome Foursome, the line that glamorized defensive play in the National Football League, died early Thursday at a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Labeled fierce for his relentless play as a Hall of ... “If it hadn’t been for Merlin Olsen, I wouldn’t have turned out to be the football player that he helped mold ...

DUARTE – Pro football ... the passing of Merlin Olsen,” Chip Rosenbloom, owner of the St. Louis Rams, said in a statement. “He was a towering figure both on and off the playing field ...