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 Post subject: Merlin Olsen
PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:27 am 
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HOFer Merlin Olsen died last night after a fight against cancer.

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 Post subject: Re: Merlin Olsen
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 Post subject: Re: Merlin Olsen
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 Post subject: Re: Merlin Olsen
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Merlin was a star from my childhood. If he played today, ESPN would be talking him up as the best ever. I know, they do that with everybody. However, I have a huge soft spot for him. The Fearsome Foursome are in my earliest sports memories. May his pain be over. R.I.P.
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 Post subject: Re: Merlin Olsen
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Wasn't he the analyst for the Bears' lone Super Bowl victory?

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 Post subject: Re: Merlin Olsen
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Wasn't he the analyst for the Bears' lone Super Bowl victory?


To steal SHARK's thunder :lol: . Yes. Yes, he was. Dick Enberg did the play by play.

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 Post subject: Re: Merlin Olsen
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
Wasn't he the analyst for the Bears' lone Super Bowl victory?


To steal SHARK's thunder :lol: . Yes. Yes, he was. Dick Enberg did the play by play.



I'm sure SHARK will have more to add later, halftime entertainment for the game, perhaps?

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 Post subject: Re: Merlin Olsen
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
Regular Reader wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Wasn't he the analyst for the Bears' lone Super Bowl victory?


To steal SHARK's thunder :lol: . Yes. Yes, he was. Dick Enberg did the play by play.



I'm sure SHARK will have more to add later, halftime entertainment for the game, perhaps?

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 Post subject: Re: Merlin Olsen
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Truth be told, I wasn't aware that Merlin Olsen was fighting cancer before his death. Not only was Merlin at one time, NBC Sports' #1 NFL analyst when they had the AFC package back in the day, but he was also an actor on "Little House on the Prairie" and on a spinoff series called "Father Murphy" in the early '80s. Both dramas were produced by Michael Landon's production company. By the way, Landon himself passed away in 1992.
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 Post subject: Re: Merlin Olsen
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As for the Super Bowl XX broadcast, I remember Olsen being quite surly. He seemed to be mad about something.

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