Take a look at the relationship between Los Angeles Rams defensive linemen Deacon Jones and Merlin Olsen, along with how the term "sack" was coined. 'A Football Life': Members from the unbeaten ...
The Rams lost to the dynastic Pittsburgh Steelers ... Fred Dryer: “The Fearsome Foursome of the 1960s was Rosey Grier and Merlin Olsen at the tackles, and Deacon Jones and Lamar Lundy at the ...
The 6-foot-5, 272-pound DE had 18.0 sacks in the next two seasons, but when the Rams' “Fearsome Foursome” defensive line of Jones, Merlin Olsen, Rosie Grier, and Lamar Lundy finally got ...
The Los Angeles Rams don’t make a habit of retiring players ... Those players are Bob Waterfield, Marshall Faulk, Eric Dickerson, Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones, Jackie Slater, Isaac Bruce ...
I grew up with the Rams going back to when Roman Gabriel was the NFL’s MVP in 1969 and Merlin Olsen was a perennial All-Pro. I was in the Rose Bowl at SB 14 when the Rams led the mighty ...