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Merlin Olsen
 
Date of birth: 15 September 1940
Date of death: Alive (or unknown)
Country Of Origin: America
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" After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind. "

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" I bet I made close to 20 tackles because nobody on either side knew what they were doing. "

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" I can ski out of my back door. "

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" I had a hockey puck and stick-the only ones in town. I definitely would have played hockey ahead of football, had it been available. "

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" I just wanted to be an athlete. "

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" I leaped across the line and grabbed the facemask of the quarterback. It was the early advent of facemasks and they hadn't outlawed grabbing them. It infuriated the crowd. "

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" I loved that park. It was one of the reasons I ended up being a success in football. I ice-skated so much that I developed very powerful legs. "

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" I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have. "

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" I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park. "

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" I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important. "

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" I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds. "

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" It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football. "

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" Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years. "

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" My coordination finally caught up with me. I hadn't made any teams in junior high. I was really uncoordinated in my early days. I'd fall down walking on a flat sidewalk. "

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" Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball. "

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