Remembering Merlin Olsen
Football star turned actor Merlin Olsen, who would be a member from the Los Angeles Rams’ defensive line nicknamed the “Fearsome Foursome,” died on Thursday of cancer at age 69.
Olsen died in the Los Angeles hospital, his almamater, Utah State University, said in a statement on its website.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982, after a career with all the Los Angeles Rams on the National Football League that spanned from 1962 to 1976.
In the 1960s, Olsen played defensive lineman with Deacon Jones, Rosey Grier and Lamar Lundy, who collectively grew to become also known as the “Fearsome Foursome” for capability to stop ball-carriers and sack opposing quarterbacks.
Olsen missed only two games during his pro career, said Utah State, which called Olsen the best athlete from the school’s history.
“He was a great athlete and an even better man,” said Olsen’s former agent, Bob Williams of Burns Entertainment and Sports Marketing in Evanston, Illinois.
After football, Olsen started a career in acting and starred within the television drama “Little House on the Prairie” from 1977 to 1982, playing Jonathan Garvey, a buddy in the main family in the series about 19th century rural America.
Olsen appeared in the number of other TV series in the 1980s, and he also returned to sports being a commentator for TV coverage of NFL games.
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