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Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier (born July 14, 1932) is an American former football player, bodyguard, actor, singer, Protestant minister, and motivational speaker. He was a college All-American football player for Penn State , and earned a place in the NCAA 100th anniversary list of 100 most influential student athletes. [ 1 ]
Aikens was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin. They were the first active MLB players ever to be sentenced for drug violations. [170] Retired United States December 13, 1994 (sentencing) Drug possession with intent to distribute, gun possession, attempted bribery 20 years, 8 months imprisonment [171]
John Frederick Dryer (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, radio host, and former professional football player.. He was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 years, participating in 176 games starting in 1969 until his retirement in 1981.
Still later, Rosey Grier was acquired from the New York Giants in 1963 to join Lamar Lundy, Merlin Olsen and Deacon Jones as the Los Angeles Rams starting defensive line. They also became known as the Fearsome Foursome, and the greater publicity garnered by the NFL leads many to assume they were the originals.
In 1968, Johnson, football player Rosey Grier, and journalist George Plimpton tackled Sirhan Sirhan moments after he had fatally shot Robert F. Kennedy. After he retired from athletics, Johnson turned to acting, sportscasting, and public service and was instrumental in creating the California Special Olympics .
Roosevelt Rosey Grier (born 1932), American National Football League player, actor and minister; Rosey E. Pool (1905-1971), Dutch writer, poet, educator and translator; William Rosenbaum (1889-1949), American politician; Albert Rosey Rowswell (1884-1955), American Major League Baseball radio sportscaster
Actor, police officer, football coach: Years active: 1985–2002: Andre Rosey Brown (February 7, 1956 – July 18, 2006) ... Rosie Grier: TV movie 2001: Perfect Fit ...
After playing college football for Northwestern [9] in the late 1950s, Williamson was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Francisco 49ers. [11] When during training camp he was switched to their defense, his attitude over the switch prompted him to play his position with too much aggression, and the coach of the 49ers asked him to quit "hammering" his players.