[stormer]

I’m with you. I’d be kind of like saying that Jim Brown was an actor who played a little football when he was young. Olsen was a great football player. Never saw Little House, and I hope I never do. I will say however, that I didn’t like him as a broadcaster.

[jessduntno]

"...Jim Brown was an actor who played a little football when he was young. I will say however, that I didn’t like him as a broadcaster."

I was at the local Muni Golf Course a little while ago, paid the green fees and turned to catch up with my group...ran smack into Jim Brown (my face in his chest) and bounced back and said excuse me...then realized who it was...and I said "I hope I didn't hurt you" and he chuckled. The man looked like he could strap it on today. Amazing. Jim Brown was to running what Merlin (and maybe John Hannah, on the other side of the ball) was to linemen.

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[sportutegrl]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647744/

Olsen had quite an acting career, not just Little House.

[Catsrus]

You do yourself a great dishonor by not watching the Little House series. It was a wonderful, wholesome program,with great moral teachings, unlike the crap we now have on tv.

[Flamenco Lady]

I think it was appropriate to give weight to both of his major careers. Olsen was also an actor that many of us remember. I personally didn't even know he was a football player, because I am not a big football fan. I do, however, remember him from “Little House on the Prairie”. Not everyone is an armchair quarterback!