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==Early life== Merlin Olsen was born in [[Logan, Utah]], where his parents, Merle Barrus and Lynn Jay Olsen, graduated from [[Utah State University]] (USU) and began their careers. <!--Olsen had three brothers and five sisters: Colleen, Clark, Lorraine, Gwen, Phil, Winona, Ramona, and Orrin-->His father was a professor at the university while his mother had graduated in elementary education. Merlin was the second of nine siblings and the first-born son. The family opened their home to host, feed, sleep, or tutor anyone in the neighborhood. Merlin pursued athletics in high school but was cut from the basketball team while in grade 9, told by the coach that athletics wasn't for him and that he should take up the arts. Later, Olsen turned down a football scholarship to Stanford University to play for USU. Classmate Ross Peterson described him as a "natural, big, strong leader ... he could have been successful at anything".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Erin |title=Magic Merilin |url=https://www.hjnews.com/cache_magazine/magical-merlin-the-incredible-life-of-logan-native-merlin-olsen/article_b57a79fe-6a5e-57cb-adfc-d6fd66c75497.html |website=The Herald Journal |date=January 13, 2017 |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> His brothers [[Phil Olsen (American football)|Phil]] and [[Orrin Olsen|Orrin]] also played football.
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