Trivia

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.

One of his hobbies is needlepoint which he taught to Tab Hunter.

Cousin of actress Pam Grier, Rodney Grier and Gina Grier-Townsie.

Along with Merlin Olsen, Lamar Lundy and Deacon Jones, formed the "Fearsome Foursome" of the L.A. Rams. He is the last surviving member.

The seventh of 11 children, he was named after President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Brawling L. A. Rams football player, guitar-strumming folk singer, and expert at the art of macramé.

Became an ordained minister in 1983 and founded an inner city teen resource center the following year.

Has a son Roosevelt Kennedy Grier born on November 19, 1971 in Los Angeles, California.

He turned Republican and supported the "religious right" and the Moral Majority led by Jerry Falwell.

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.

Named All-Pro twice while with the L. A. Rams.

A torn Achilles tendon effectively ended his football career during the 1967-1968 season.

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 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his contributions to Sports.

Before becoming a comic-foil as "'Benji" on "Movin' On" , he played "Fats", a loading dock manager with a time-clock where his heart should have been in _"Movin' On" (1974) {Fraud #1.18} )_.

Grier also has a daughter from an earlier relationship, Sherryl Tubbs of New Jersey.

He was inducted into the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Sports category.

He was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame for Sports.

He was nominated for the 2015 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services in sports.