Rosey Grier on Merlin Olsen
March 12, 2010 at 8:07 am Tina Hay 1 comment
Frank Mickadeit of the Orange County (Calif.) Register talked with Rosey Grier ’56 yesterday about the death of his former Los Angeles Rams teammate, Merlin Olsen. Grier and Olsen met at the Rams’ training camp in 1962 and had been friends ever since; Grier talked to Olsen the day before he died.
You can read Mickadeit’s column here.
Tina Hay, editor
Entry filed under: Famous Penn Staters. Tags: Frank Mickadeit, Los Angeles Rams, Merlin Olsen, Rosey Grier.
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1. urdead2me | March 13, 2010 at 6:56 pm
RIP – Merlin Olsen, 69, played football w/ the Rams & then was a sports commentator. Then what? Olsen tried acting, playing Jon Garvey on Little House on the Prairie…Just before dying of cancer he sued NBC for exposure to asbestos. http://urdead2me.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/rip-merlin-olsen/