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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Life Through Rosey Colored Glasses
- Winning
- Rosey, an autobiography
- Rosey Grier's all-American heroes
- Shooting star
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Film & TV
Cuthbert, Georgia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier (born July 14, 1932 in Cuthbert, Georgia) is an American actor, singer, Christian minister, and former professional American football player. He was a notable college football player for Pennsylvania State University who earned a retrospective place in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 100th anniversary list of 100 most…
Known for
- '51 Dons — Self2014
- The Green Girl — Self2014
- Sample This — Self2013
- Reggie's Prayer — Rev. Jeremiah Knox1996
- Saved by the Bell: The New Class1993
- The Larry Sanders Show — Rosey Grier1992
- Faces of Horror — Jack Moss (archive)1989
- The Simpsons — Rosey Grier (voice)1989
- Aloha Paradise1981
- The Sophisticated Gents — Cudjo Evers1981
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-07-14
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,662
- Total plays
- 5,717
Tags
Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier (born July 14, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Cuthbert, Georgia), a star athlete at Roselle High School(NJ), is an American football player, actor, and Christian minister. One of twelve children, Grier was named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was governor of New York at the time and was elected president later that year. Grier was well known in the 1970s for his hobbies of needlepoint and macrame, practices not normally associated with "macho" sports figur
Sports profile
- Sport
- American Football
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Named after
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cuthbert
- Educated at
- Pennsylvania State University
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Record label
- Liberty Records
- Sport
- American football
- Position played
- defensive tackle
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 284
- Official website
- www.roseygrier.com
- Image
- Rosey Grier.jpg
- Height
- 77
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- Commons category
- Roosevelt Grier
- date of birth
- 1932-07-14
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- member of
- Alpha Phi Alpha
- birth name
- Roosevelt Grier
- name in native language
- Rosey Grier
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