Biography of roosevelt grier

Rosey started playing football at an early age. His talent and skills became evident by the time he reached high school. During his high school days, Rosey started performing very well at various championships and displayed amazing skills. He became a Protestant minister in and devoted his life towards helping the unprivileged. He played with the Giants from through , which included an NFL Championship in and five Eastern Conference titles , , , , Grier was selected for the Pro Bowl in and , and was named All-Pro at defensive tackle in and — His career ended in due to a torn Achilles tendon.

Despite being the oldest member of the Fearsome Foursome, Grier is the last surviving member following the passing of Jones on June 3, Grier served as a bodyguard for his friend, United States senator and presidential candidate Robert F. 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 Grier and Olympic decathlon gold medalist Rafer Johnson heard shots fired ahead of them.

As Grier caught up he saw men wrestling with gunman Sirhan Sirhan. Grier jumped into the fray. Grier states, "So I see George Plimpton has the gun pointed at his face, and I'm concerned that it is going to go off, so I put my hand under the trigger housing and I pulled back the hammer so it couldn't strike. I wrench the gun from Sirhan. I find the pin and I ripped it out and held it.

Now I have the gun in my hand, so I shove it in my pocket. 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. Grier has appeared in a number of films and television shows. One of the first football stars to successfully make the transition to acting, he made about 70 television guest appearances.

In one White Shadow appearance, he donned his No. He appeared as a panelist on the television game show Match Game He appeared in a third-season episode of Quincy, M. He appeared in two episodes of Kojak , one in the third season and one in the fourth season, as a bounty hunter named Salathiel Harms. He also appeared on a episode of CHiPs as a distraught motorist who, during a routine traffic stop, proceeds to destroy his car in frustration by pulling it apart piece by piece.

He appeared as a celebrity contestant on Celebrity Bullseye during that program's —82 season. In he also appeared in the series The Jeffersons , episode 10x9 as the owner of a pool hall in Harlem, who in the past had been a bully to George Jefferson at school. Grier spent his early life campaigning for Democrats before becoming a Republican in the early 80s.

Grier was a featured speaker at the Republican National Convention ; during its evening session on August 20, , he endorsed President Ronald Reagan for re-election. In , Grier visited O. Simpson in jail, who allegedly yelled out a confession to the crime. On January 5, , Grier announced his intention to run for governor of California as a Republican in the California gubernatorial election.

Grier also works as a motivational speaker. Grier is a cofounder of American Neighborhood Enterprises, [ 2 ] an organization that works to help disadvantaged city dwellers buy homes and receive vocational training. Grier was ordained a Protestant minister in , and the next year he founded his nonprofit resource center for inner-city teens, developing spiritual and educational programs for disadvantaged youths.

He is also on the Milken Family Foundation board of trustees and serves as its program administrator of community affairs. In , he was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Grier has a daughter, Sherryl Brown-Tubbs, from an early relationship. He married Beatrice Lewis in She had one child, Denise, whom Grier adopted. Entertainment career [ change change source ].

Politics [ change change source ]. Personal life [ change change source ]. References [ change change source ]. The Kansas City Star. Rosey never forgot his roots, often returning to his home town to run track with a local track hero named Bruce "Red Beard". Accessed July 31, New York : Harper Collins. ISBN The Guardian. Retrieved January 7, Retrieved 7 January Retrieved He played in the Pro Bowl twice.

Biography of roosevelt grier

After Grier's professional sports career he worked as a bodyguard for Robert Kennedy during the presidential campaign and was guarding the senator's wife, Ethel Kennedy, during the Robert F. Kennedy assassination. Although unable to prevent that killing, Grier took control of the gun and subdued the shooter, Sirhan Sirhan. 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 s and s. His recording of a tribute to Robert Kennedy, "People Make The World" was his only chart single, peaking at in