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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 ]
[31] [32] Jones's death left Rosey Grier as the last surviving member of the Fearsome Foursome, the L.A. Rams defensive line which is widely considered the best such unit in the history of the NFL. Of the former defensive standout, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said, "Even with his fellow Hall of Famers, Deacon Jones held a special status.
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.
On the 25th anniversary of John's death, JFK Jr: An Intimate Oral Biography offers untold ... Like when we heard the stories from Collegiate about him bringing Rosie Greer for Father's Day, or ...
Deacon Jones, Rosey Grier, and Lamar Lundy joined Olsen on the defensive line in 1963 that was nicknamed "The Fearsome Foursome". [12] He was named the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Week for week 12 in 1965. Olsen scored his first touchdown in that game. Though Jones was the face of the Fearsome Foursome, it was Olsen who did much of the heavy ...
David Harris, the actor known for his role as Cochise in the 1979 cult classic “The Warriors,” has died. He was 75. Harris died Friday at his home in New York City after a battle with cancer ...
Rosie O'Donnell's ex-wife Michelle Rounds has died at the age of 46. TMZ reported on Friday that Rounds died at her home on Monday following an alleged suicide. SEE ALSO: Frank Vincent of 'The ...
Produced in collaboration with the Ms. Foundation for Women, [1] it was a record album and illustrated book first released in November 1972 featuring songs and stories sung or told by celebrities of the day (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends") including Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, Roberta Flack ...