Counseled and ministered fellow pro-baller O.J. Simpson while Simpson was in prison. Oddly, the two had never met before. Simpson's football career began just as Grier's ended.
Rosey Grier is an American actor, singer, and former professional football player. He was born on July 14, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York, to John and Mabel Grier. He has four siblings: John, Mabel, James, and Dorothy. Grier was a standout athlete at an early age and excelled in both football and track & field. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, where he was a two-time All-City selection in football.
After graduation, he attended Pennsylvania State University on a football scholarship. Grier was drafted by the New York Giants in the 1955 NFL Draft. He played for the Giants from 1955-1962, winning a championship with the team in 1956. After his playing career ended, Grier transitioned into acting.
He appeared in several films and television shows, including The Dirty Dozen (1967), Planet of the Apes (1968), and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). Grier has been married twice and has four children. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. ..
General Info
Full Name
Rosey Grier
Date Of Birth
July 14, 1932
Height
1.96 m, 1.96 m
Weight
129 kg, 129 kg
Profession
Minister, Actor, Singer, American football player, Actor, Singer, Minister, American football player
Education
Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State University
Carter’s Army, Skyjacked, The Thing with Two Heads, The Treasure of Jamaica Reef, Timber Tramps, The Gong Show Movie, The Sophisticated Gents, Terror in the Aisles, The Glove, Reggie's Prayer, Roots: The Next Generations, Carter’s Army, Skyjacked, The Thing with Two Heads, The Treasure of Jamaic...
TV Shows
The $1.98 Beauty Show, The $1.98 Beauty Show, Roots: The Next Generations, Daniel Boone
He was nominated for the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Sports category.
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The June 30, 1971, issue of Variety, in the Hollywood Production Pulse section, lists a movie "S. R. O." directed by Jerry Schafer for Hollywood International Pictures with actors Rory Calhoun, Ruth Roman,Roosevelt Grier, James Mitchum, Tom Bosley, Jesse White,John Fiedler, and Percy Helton. which started filming Jun 14, 1971, in Dallas. No evidence the movie was completed or released.
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He was nominated for the 2015 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services in sports.
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He was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame for Sports.
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He was nominated for the 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his contributions to Sports.
Counseled and ministered fellow pro-baller O.J. Simpson while Simpson was in prison. Oddly, the two had never met before. Simpson's football career began just as Grier's ended.
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He turned Republican and supported the "religious right" and the Moral Majority led by Jerry Falwell.
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Became an ordained minister in 1983 and founded an inner city teen resource center the following year.
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A torn Achilles tendon effectively ended his football career during the 1967-1968 season.
He and Olympic Gold Medal Winner Rafer Johnson helped capture and detain Robert F. Kennedy's assassin Sirhan Sirhan June 6, 1968; Grier placed his sizable thumb behind the trigger of Sirhan's gun to prevent him from firing the weapon at anyone else in the crowd.
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Brawling L. A. Rams football player, guitar-strumming folk singer, and expert at the art of macramé.
