Theodore Otto Olson (August 27, 1912 – December 9, 1980) was a Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox.
He played for the Red Sox for 3 seasons (1936–1938) as a starting pitcher.
He threw and batted right-handed.
He weighed 185 lb and his height is 6 ft 2 in.
On April 14, 1940 Olson was sold by Boston Red Sox to Philadelphia Phillies.Olson was born in Quincy, Massachusetts.
He attended Dartmouth College.
As a collegian, he played summer baseball in 1934 and 1935 for the Barnstable town team in the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was one of the league's dominant pitchers.