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| Position: | Tackle | ||||
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| Born: | January 19, 1938 Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Decatur (GA) Southwest DeKalb | ||||
| College: | Clemson | ||||
| NFL draft: | 1960 / round: 2 / pick: 13 | ||||
| AFL draft: | 1960 / round: 1 Pick: First Selections (by the Buffalo Bills) | ||||
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Harold Vincent Olson (born January 19, 1938) is a former American football offensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL) for the Buffalo Bills and the Denver Broncos.[1][2] Olson made the AFL Pro Bowl team in 1961 and was named first-team All-Pro in 1962.[3]
Olson played college football at Clemson University, including playing in the 1959 Sugar Bowl against Louisiana State University.[4] Olson was inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.[3]
- ^ "Harold Olson Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ "Harold Olson Career Stats". NFL.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Clemson to Induct Eight into Athletics Hall of Fame". TigerNet.com. May 4, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ Gaither, Mandy (December 28, 2017). "1959 Sugar Bowl memories come back to former Clemson player". WYFF. Retrieved December 7, 2020.