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Rosey Grier
Grier at the 2008 Movieguide Faith and Value Awards Gala
Position(s):
Defensive tackle		 Jersey #(s):
76
Born: July 14, 1932 (1932-07-14) (age 75)
Cuthbert, Georgia
Career Information
Year(s): 1955–1966
NFL Draft: 1955 / Round: 3 / Pick: 31
College: Penn State
Professional Teams
Career Stats
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Games     141
Safeties     2
Stats at NFL.com
Career Highlights and Awards

Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier (born July 14, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American actor, Christian minister, and former professional football player. A safety or safety touch is a type of score in American football and Canadian football and is worth two points (with one very rare exception) In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL The 1956 NFL season was the 37th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1960 NFL season was the 41st Regular season of the National Football League. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with He was a noteworthy college football player for Pennsylvania State University who earned a retrospective place in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 100th anniversary list of 100 most influential student athletes. The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations As a professional player, Grier was a member of the original Fearsome Foursome of the 1957 New York Giants and played in the Pro Bowl twice. The "Fearsome Foursome" was a title first used in reporting American professional football when referring to the dominating defensive lines of the New York Giants, Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL

After Grier's professional sports career he worked as a bodyguard for Robert Kennedy during the 1968 presidential campaign and was guarding the senator's wife during the Robert F. Kennedy assassination. Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The assassination of Robert F Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John F Although unable to prevent that killing, Grier took control of the gun and subdued the shooter, Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (born March 19, 1944) is the convicted Assassin of United States Senator Robert F

Grier's other activities have been colorful and varied. He hosted his own Los Angeles television show and made approximately 70 guest appearances on various shows during the 1960s and 1970s. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Grier is known for his serious pursuit of nontraditional hobbies such as macrame and needlepoint. Macramé or macrame is a form of Textile -making using Knotting rather than Weaving or Knitting. Needlepoint is a form of Canvas work Embroidery, in which Yarn is stitched through a Canvas ground fabric. He has authored several books, including Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men in 1973. Grier became an ordained Christian minister in 1983 and travels as an inspirational speaker. He founded American Neighborhood Enterprises, a nonprofit organization that serves inner city youth.

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Early life

One of twelve children, Grier was named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was governor of New York at the time and was elected president later that year. [1] He is also a cousin of actress Pam Grier and uncle of National Hockey League player Mike Grier. Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American Actress. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Mike Grier (born January 5, 1975 in Detroit Michigan) is a professional Ice hockey forward for the San Jose Sharks of the National

NFL career

After playing on the defensive line on the Pennsylvania State University football team, Grier was drafted as the 31st overall pick in the third round of the 1955 NFL draft by the New York Giants. The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. He played with the Giants from 1955 to 1962, during which he led the team to a NFL Championship in 1956 and the Eastern Conference Championship in 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1962. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists#Proposed change to all featured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below The 1956 NFL season was the 37th Regular season of the National Football League. Grier was selected for the Pro Bowl in 1956 and 1960, and was named All-Pro at the defensive tackle position in 1956 and 1958–1962. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL All-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season Defensive tackle ( DT) is a position on the defensive line in American and Canadian football. [2]

Grier was then traded in July 1963 to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for defensive tackle John LoVetere and a high future draft pick. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St John M LoVetere (born May 31, 1936 in Boston Massachusetts) was an American football Defensive tackle who played seven seasons [3] He was part of the "Fearsome Foursome", along with Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, and Lamar Lundy,[4] often considered one of the best defensive lines in football history, along with the Purple People Eaters of the Minnesota Vikings and the Steel Curtain of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The "Fearsome Foursome" was a title first used in reporting American professional football when referring to the dominating defensive lines of the New York Giants, David D "Deacon" Jones (born December 9, 1938 in Eatonville, Florida) is a former American football Defensive end Merlin Jay Olsen (born September 15, 1940) is a former American football player in the National Football League and an Actor. Lamar J Lundy Jr ( April 17 1935 - February 24 2007) was an American Defensive end with the Los Angeles Rams The Purple People Eaters was the nickname of the Minnesota Vikings football team's defensive line of the late 1960s to the late 1970s when the Vikings played in four The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. The Steel Curtain was the nickname given to the front four of the famous defensive line of the American football team Pittsburgh Steelers during their His career ended in 1967 due to a torn achilles tendon. The Achilles tendon (or occasionally Achilles’ tendon) also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendocalcaneous, is a Tendon of the posterior

Post-NFL career

After his retirement, Grier hosted the Rosey Grier Show on KABC-TV, a weekly half-hour television show discussing community affairs in Los Angeles. KABC-TV, channel 7 is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, licensed to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West [5] Grier served as a bodyguard for his friend, United States senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a He was guarding Ethel Kennedy, the Senator's wife, who was then expecting a child, the night that Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1968. The assassination of Robert F Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John F Grier and Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson heard shots fired ahead of them. Gold Medal is an Album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music) Rafer Lewis Johnson (born August 18, 1935) is a former American decathlete. Grier grabbed the gun of the assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, and jammed his finger behind the trigger, breaking Sirhan Sirhan's arm. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (born March 19, 1944) is the convicted Assassin of United States Senator Robert F Grier later said, "I grabbed the man's legs and dragged him onto a table. There was a guy angrily twisting the killer's legs and other angry faces coming towards him, as though they were going to tear him to pieces. I fought them off. I would not allow more violence. "[6]

Grier was well known in the 1970s for his hobbies of needlepoint and macrame, practices not normally associated with "macho" sports figures. Needlepoint is a form of Canvas work Embroidery, in which Yarn is stitched through a Canvas ground fabric. Macramé or macrame is a form of Textile -making using Knotting rather than Weaving or Knitting. He later married Beatrice Lewis, and had one child, Denise, before getting divorced. He then married Marge Grier whom he divorced in 1978 and remarried in 1980. He had one son, Roosevelt, from that marriage. Roosevelt Junior, also nicknamed "Big Daddy" Grier, eventually enrolled as a student at Boston University, where he played ice hockey. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. [7]

Movies and television

Grier has appeared in a number of films and television shows. One of the first football stars to successfully transition to acting, he made about 70 television guest appearances, including a role as one of the security contingent in The Brain Killer Affair episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., as well as a cameo playing an athletic trainer in an episode of I Dream of Jeannie. The Man from UNCLE is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January For the "brief appearance" see Cameo appearance. For the "chemical emergency software" see Computer-Aided Management of Emergency I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a Fantasy premise He became a regular cast member on the series Daniel Boone, Make Room for Granddaddy, and The White Shadow. Daniel Boone is an American action / adventure Television series that aired from September 24, 1964 to The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons is a Sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978 to [8] Grier also sang the song "It's All Right to Cry" for the children's album and TV program Free to Be… You and Me. Free to Be… You and Me is a Record album and illustrated songbook for children first released in November 1972 and later in 1974 as a television special Grier appeared on the television game show Match Game 74 as a panelist. Match Game also called The Match Game was an American Television Game show that celebrities and contestants answering Grier starred in a handful of low-budget features, including The Thing with Two Heads (1972) and "The Glove" (1978). The Thing with Two Heads is a 1972 film starring Rosey Grier and Ray Milland, directed by Lee Frost, and written by Wes Bishop

Community service

Grier has also written a number of books, and now travels the United States as an inspirational speaker, and is cofounder of American Neighborhood Enterprises, an organization that works to help disadvantaged city dwellers buy homes and receive vocational training. The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis Grier was ordained a Christian minister in 1983, and the next year he founded his nonprofit resource center for inner-city teens, developing spiritual and educational programs for disadvantaged youths.

Grier is a prominent member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha ( ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans Founded on December 4 1906 on the campus of The Greek alphabet (Ελληνικό αλφάβητο is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal He is also on the Milken Family Foundation board of trustees and serves as its program administrator of community affairs

He has been honored by Penn State as recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1974, and the Alumni Fellow Award in 1991. Milken Family Foundation is a charity trust established by Lowell Milken and Michael Milken in 1982 The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University He was named to the NCAA's "List of the 100 Most Influential Student-Athletes” published to commemorate the NCAA's 100th anniversary. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations In 1997, he was inducted into the New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ McClellan, April D. . "Tackling trouble in the inner city Former NFL lineman Rosey Grier shifts his social work to Kansas City", The Kansas City Star, 1994-01-02, p. The Kansas City Star is a McClatchy Newspaper based in Kansas City Missouri, in the United States. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire.  I1. Retrieved on 2008-03-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger  
  2. ^ Rosey Grier Statistics. Sports Reference, Inc. . Retrieved on 2008-03-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger
  3. ^ Wallace, William. "Giants Trade Grier for Ram Tackle and High Draft Choice", The New York Times, 1963-07-09, p. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.  35. Retrieved on 2008-03-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger  
  4. ^ Ayto, John; Ian Crofton (2006). Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, 2nd edition, New York: Sterling Publishing, p. The City of New York Sterling Publishing Company Inc is one of the world’s leading Publishers of Nonfiction titles with more than 5000 books in print 260. ISBN 0-304-36809-1.  
  5. ^ (1975) Current Biography Yearbook: 1975. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, p. The City of New York The H W Wilson Company is a Publisher of reference books and Databases specializing in indexing and abstracting and based in the Bronx New York. 178.  
  6. ^ Ed Pilkington, The night Bobby died, Guardian (UK), January 13 2007, Accessed January 7, 2007
  7. ^ Porter, David L. (1987). Biographical Dictionary of American Sports. Westport: Greenwood Press, p. Westport is a coastal town located on Long Island Sound in Fairfield County, Connecticut, 47 miles north of New York City in the United Greenwood Press, based in Connecticut, is an Imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group Inc 225. ISBN 031325771X.  
  8. ^ Rosey Grier, IMDB

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