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Roosevelt (Rosey) Grier (born 14 July 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American football player, actor, and Christian minister. Incongruously, he is also an expert at macrame and needlepoint. The seventh of eleven children, he was named after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and is cousin to actress Pam Grier.

Grier rose to prominence as an All-Pro defensive tackle for the New York Giants in 1957, and was a member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome", considered by many the best defensive line in the history of the sport. A torn Achilles' tendon ended his football career in 1967.

On 6 June 1968, Grier (who stands 6' 5" (196 cm)and weighs about 300 lb (136 kg)) and Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson subdued Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Robert F. Kennedy with Grier jamming his thumb behind the trigger of the gun to prevent further shots from being fired.

One of the first football stars to successfully transition to acting, Grier starred in a handful low-budget features, including The Thing with Two Heads (1972). He made about 70 television guest appearances, and became a regular cast member on the series Daniel Boone, Make Room for Granddaddy, and The White Shadow.

Grier was ordained a Christian minister in 1983, and the next year he founded his nonprofit resource center for inner-city teens, developing prototypical spiritual and educational programs for disadvantaged youths.

Rosey Grier represents much of what is good about America. From a poor family, he has excelled in each of his chosen fields. He is a true Christian, a family man, a man of compassion, honor, and integrity.