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Merlin Olsen
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American football player and actor (1940-2010)
Film & TV
Logan, Utah, USA
Merlin Jay Olsen (September 15, 1940 – March 11, 2010) was an American professional football player, announcer, and actor. For his entire 15-year professional football career (1962 - 1976), he was a defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams. He was selected to play in the Pro Bowl a then-record 14 times (surpassed only by Tom Brady). He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College…
Known for
- Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure — Self (archive footage)2022
- Aaron's Way — Aaron Miller1988
- Fathers and Sons1986
- Time Bomb — Jake Calahan1984
- Father Murphy — John Michael Murphy1981
- The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story — Todd Simms1980
- A Fire in the Sky — Stan Webster1978
- Mitchell — Benton1975
- Little House on the Prairie — Jonathan Garvey1974
- Kung Fu — Perlee Skowrin1972
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jay
- Family name
- Olsen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Logan
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- American football
- Member of team
- Los Angeles Rams
- Position played
- defensive tackle
- Mass
- 270
- Image
- Merlin Olsen, 1975.jpg
- Height
- 196
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- date of birth
- 1940-09-15
- date of death
- 2010-03-11
- cause of death
- mesothelioma
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Merlin Olsen
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
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