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Roosevelt Grier was born on the 14 July 1932, in Cuthbert, Georgia USA, and is an actor, singer, and former professional American Football player, who played as a defensive lineman for the New York Giants (1955–1962) and Los Angeles Rams (1963–1966), being selected to the Pro Bowl on two occasions in 1956 and 1960. Grier’s playing career started in 1955 and ended in 1966, while his acting career began in 1965.

Have you ever wondered how rich Rosey Grier is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Grier’s net worth is as high as $5 million, an amount earned through his career as a pro football player and as an actor. In addition to that, Grier has also published several books, which have improved his wealth.

Rosey Grier was one of twelve children and grew up in Georgia, but went to the Abraham Clark High School in Roselle, New Jersey, where he played high school football before matriculating in 1951. Rosey later enrolled at Penn State University and spent the next four years there, while in the 1955 NFL Draft, the New York Giants selected him as the 31st overall pick in the third round.

Grier stayed with the Giants from 1955 to 1962 and won the NFL Championship in 1956, and also the Eastern Conference Championship in 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1962. In 1956, 1958, and 1959, Rosey was named All-Pro, while in 1956 and 1960, he represented the Giants at the Pro Bowl. In 1963, he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams and stayed there until 1966, when he retired after tearing an Achilles tendon.

In 1965, Grier appeared in an episode of the Golden Globe-winning series “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”, while in 1969, he starred in his debut TV movie called “The Desperate Mission”, and then played in “Carter’s Army” (1970). From 1969 to 1970, Grier had a role in 16 episodes of “Daniel Boone” and then in six episodes of the Golden Globe Award-nominated “Make Room for Granddaddy” (1970-1971). Rosey continued work in “Skyjacked” (1972) alongside Charlton Heston, James Brolin, and Yvette Mimieux, and he starred in “The Thing with Two Heads” (1972). From 1975 to 1976, Grier appeared in six episodes of “Movin’ On”, while in 1978, he played in the Primetime Emmy Award-nominated “To Kill a Cop”. Rosey also appeared in numerous TV shows, but only in minor roles, while his latest credit came in the short movie called “The Rooneys” in 2010.

Rosey Grier is also an established writer, and has published several books such as “Rosey Grier’s Needlepoint for Men” (1973), “Rosey, an Autobiography: The Gentle Giant” (1986), “Rosey Grier’s All-American Heroes: Today’s Multicultural Success Stories” (1993), and most recently, “The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever” (2008), the sales of which have only increased further his net worth.

Regarding his personal life, Rosey Grier was married to Beatrice Lewis from 1962 to 1970, and later married Margie Hanson twice, remarrying in 1981 and with whom he stayed until her death in June 2011; they have one child. He has been married to Cydnee Seyler since 2013. In 2016, he was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Sports category, and also announced his intention to run for Governor of California as a Republican in the 2018 election.

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Rosey Grier Jr. Important Facts

• He was nominated for the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Sports category.
• 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.
• He was nominated for the 2015 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services in sports.
• He was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame for Sports.
• He was nominated for the 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his contributions to Sports.
• Has a son Roosevelt Kennedy Grier born in 1973.
• Along with Merlin Olsen, Lamar Lundy and Deacon Jones, formed the “Fearsome Foursome” of the L.A. Rams.
• One of his hobbies is needlepoint.
• 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.
• He turned Republican and supported the “religious right” and the Moral Majority led by Jerry Falwell.
• Became an ordained minister in 1983 and founded an inner city teen resource center the following year.
• A torn Achilles tendon effectively ended his football career during the 1967-1968 season.
• Named All-Pro twice while with the L. A. Rams.
• The seventh of 11 children, he was named after President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• Cousin of actress Pam Grier, Rodney Grier and Gina Grier-Townsie.
• 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.
• Brawling L. A. Rams football player, guitar-strumming folk singer, and expert at the art of macramé.

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