I was just watching Jeopardy and learned a piece of Rams trivia that I had never known. Rosey Grier wrestled the gun away from Sirhan Sirhan on the night he assassinated RFK. Am I the only one who didn't know this?
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Blue and Gold
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Rosey was a big supporter of RFK, and he and Deacon and Lamar were often with him during campaign
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Thanks Blue and Gold. Great pic.Rosey was a big supporter of RFK, and he and Deacon and Lamar were often with him during campaign
LosAngelesRams
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If I remember correctly, Rosey was one of his paid bodyguards.
I did know that.
But I've never sen that pic before and it's pretty funny. The shocks on that car got a workout that day! It looks like about 10 guys and that's a lot of weight right there.
But I've never sen that pic before and it's pretty funny. The shocks on that car got a workout that day! It looks like about 10 guys and that's a lot of weight right there.
Yes, this is true. If you ever can find the TV and sound recording from that time you will hear one of the TV reporters say on mike, "Get the gun, Rosey, that's it, wrestle it away from him". I'm not sure that is an accurate quote but the get the gun Rosey part is true. I remember it as it happened. It's hell getting old. And I don't care what your political feelings are, killing another just because you don't like them is insane.
Yamahopper
Hall of Fame
Whoa . . . Jeopardy might be not right?. . . . and please no hate. Oh, and I liked Rosey as the Thing with Two Heads.
Rafer Johnson:
“I saw the senator was down…, but I didn’t see much I could do (there) and I went toward the gun…. I went for it, grabbed the gun with my left hand and caught the gun, along with several others.
“A lot of people were grabbing at him,” he told the Guardian,” with four or five pairs of hands all pulling at the gun. We wrestled with him until I asked the others to let go and I took the gun away from him and put it in my pocket.
“I got home that night having followed Bobby to the hospital and fearful that he wasn't going to make it. I took off my jacket and there it was in my pocket: the gun. They sent a police officer 'round and took a statement and I handed it over.”
Rosey Grier:
“We were running to see if we could stop all the violence that was going on and then we saw Sirhan with the gun, so I went and pulled him up on … on a table.
“George Plimpton had been struggling with the gun hand and I just wrenched it out of Sirhan's hand and put it in my pocket. Later on Rafer Johnson asked me if I had it and I gave it to him.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24895033/.../t/key-figures-associated-rfks-assassination/
Rafer Johnson:
“I saw the senator was down…, but I didn’t see much I could do (there) and I went toward the gun…. I went for it, grabbed the gun with my left hand and caught the gun, along with several others.
“A lot of people were grabbing at him,” he told the Guardian,” with four or five pairs of hands all pulling at the gun. We wrestled with him until I asked the others to let go and I took the gun away from him and put it in my pocket.
“I got home that night having followed Bobby to the hospital and fearful that he wasn't going to make it. I took off my jacket and there it was in my pocket: the gun. They sent a police officer 'round and took a statement and I handed it over.”
Rosey Grier:
“We were running to see if we could stop all the violence that was going on and then we saw Sirhan with the gun, so I went and pulled him up on … on a table.
“George Plimpton had been struggling with the gun hand and I just wrenched it out of Sirhan's hand and put it in my pocket. Later on Rafer Johnson asked me if I had it and I gave it to him.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24895033/.../t/key-figures-associated-rfks-assassination/
fearsomefour
Legend
I watched a show pretty recently about the RFK assassination and Rosey had a few little pieces on it.
He has had a full life for sure.
Pro football player (HOF)
actor
writer (Needlepoint for Men....among others)
preacher
civil rights activist.....
dude is a true renaissance man
He has had a full life for sure.
Pro football player (HOF)
actor
writer (Needlepoint for Men....among others)
preacher
civil rights activist.....
dude is a true renaissance man
So sad.... RFK and JFK where something good for this country and I think those visionary people knew it and those bastards who keep things like they are stopped it.
Not to get all political, but think about how different this country might be today especially in regards to mistrust of the government, if RFK is elected and not Nixon in 1968