Karl Arthur Olson of Kentfield, California, was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers. He batted and threw right-handed. In a six-season career, Olson was a .235 hitter with six home runs and 50 RBI in 279 games played. Olson missed the 1952 season due to service in the Korean War. Olson was an all-star player for Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California, where he graduated in 1948. Boston signed him in June 1948, assigning him to the Triple-A Louisville Colonels in the American Association, which farmed him out to the California League team in San Jose, the San Jose Red Sox. 

July 6th, 1930 in Ross  /  Died:   Dec 25th, 2010 - aged 80, following a stroke