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Merlin Olsen Dies

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:08 am
by AZGrizFan
Outland Trophy winner from Utah State, 14 consecutive pro bowls, member of the "Fearsome Foursome", all-time tackles leader for the Rams,

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As a child I was a HUGE Rams fan....still have signed 8x10's of Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones, Jack Youngblood, Jack Snow & Roman Gabriel in a binder---back in the day when you could send them a letter and they'd respond with a signed photo.

One of the true legends of the game.

RIP :cry:

Re: Merlin Olsen Dies

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:49 am
by BlueHen86
AZGrizFan wrote:Outland Trophy winner from Utah State, 14 consecutive pro bowls, member of the "Fearsome Foursome", all-time tackles leader for the Rams,

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/n ... id=4985470" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

As a child I was a HUGE Rams fan....still have signed 8x10's of Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones, Jack Youngblood, Jack Snow & Roman Gabriel in a binder---back in the day when you could send them a letter and they'd respond with a signed photo.

One of the true legends of the game.

RIP :cry:
Same here regarding the Rams. Jack Youngblood is my favorite player of all time.

I'm very sorry to hear of Olsen's passing away.

RIP Merlin.

Re: Merlin Olsen Dies

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:36 pm
by COBBLESTONE
Sad news. Great player and a classy guy.