Blind California High Schooler Jake Olson Lives Dream by Playing Football

By
Randy Oliver
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Jake Olson, who attends Orange Lutheran High School (Calif.), lost his left eye to cancer when he was just 10 months old. Although he fought for 11 years to keep the rest of his vision, he lost his right eye as well, four years ago. ESPN College GameDay featured an inspirational story Saturday about the blind teenager who finally got to live his dream of playing football.

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