Merlin Olsen

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American football player human sports commentator television actor

Merlin Olsen was a Hall of Fame defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams who later became a prominent football broadcaster and actor.

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Label Occurrences
Merlin Olsen canonical 20
Merlin Jay Olsen 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football player ⓘ
human ⓘ
sports commentator ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
allProSelections multiple ⓘ
causeOfDeath mesothelioma ⓘ
collegeAttended Utah State University ⓘ
CollegeFootballHallOfFameInductionYear 1980 ⓘ
collegeTeam Utah State Aggies football ⓘ
consecutiveProBowls 14 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-09-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-03-11 ⓘ
draftedBy Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
draftPickNumber 3 ⓘ
draftRound 1 ⓘ
draftYear 1962 ⓘ
employer CBS Sports ⓘ
NBC Sports ⓘ
fieldNamedAfter Rice-Eccles Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium
fullName Merlin Olsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Merlin Jay Olsen
height 6 ft 5 in ⓘ
highSchoolAttended Logan High School ⓘ
honor College Football Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
jerseyNumber 74 ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
notableWork Father Murphy ⓘ
Little House on the Prairie ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
numberOfProBowls 14 ⓘ
occupation television actor ⓘ
television sports commentator ⓘ
partOf Fearsome Foursome ⓘ
placeOfBirth Logan, Utah, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Duarte, California, United States ⓘ
playedFor Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
positionPlayed defensive tackle ⓘ
ProFootballHallOfFameInductionYear 1982 ⓘ
religion Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
role John Michael Murphy in Father Murphy ⓘ
Jonathan Garvey in Little House on the Prairie ⓘ
sportsHallOfFameInduction Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
spouse Susan Wakley ⓘ
statueLocatedAt Utah State University ⓘ
teammate Deacon Jones ⓘ
Lamar Lundy ⓘ
Rosey Grier ⓘ
weight approximately 270 lb ⓘ

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Super Bowl XX → announcer → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Los Angeles Rams → HallOfFamePlayer → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Super Bowl XV → announcer → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Super Bowl XVII → announcerUS → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Merlin Olsen → fullName → Merlin Olsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merlin Jay Olsen
Super Bowl XIII → tvAnnouncersUS → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Deacon Jones → teammate → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Super Bowl XXIII → announcerColorCommentatorUS → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Super Bowl XI → announcer → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award → notableRecipient → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Utah State Aggies football → notableAlumnus → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Utah State Aggies football → HeismanTrophyVotesReceivedByPlayer → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Utah State Aggies football → associatedWithHallOfFamer → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Father Murphy → starring → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Jonathan Garvey in Little House on the Prairie → portrayedBy → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
subject surface form: Jonathan Garvey
1985 AFC Championship Game → televisionAnnouncers → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Logan High School → notableAlumnus → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Logan High School → hasAlumnus → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Lamar Lundy → teammate → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Pro Football Hall of Fame 1989 → hasInductee → Merlin Olsen ⓘ
Susan Wakley → spouse → Merlin Olsen ⓘ