Wednesday, november 18, 1981
daily nebraskan
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After needlepoint and football, Grier found faith
By Laure Perlinger
Roscy Grier sat in the Lincoln Hilton coffee shop Tues
day morning and admitted his once famed needlepoint
was not all it was cracked up to be. In fact, he doesn't
even find the time to stitch anymore.
"1 wasn't as good as they said " the modest 6-5 , 300
pound former NFL defensive lineman said.
'Then were you as good in football as they said?"
"No ... I was better," the ex-New York Giants and
Los Angeles Rams player joked.
Crier's message about his' own life was made clear: if
ever there was a right track, this is it.
Grier spoke of the need to influence people to think
positively about life and live in faith. He arrived in
Lincoln Sunday and talked in the Nebraska Union on Sun
day and Monday evenings as part of a program sponsored
by Maranatha Christian Ministries.
Originally baptized in the Baptist faith, Grier said he
was baptized again three years ago "just to make sure."
Filled with love
"I'm filled with love and have a tremendous desire to
Forensics team places fourth
The UNL forensics team finished fourth overall at
UNO Nov. 13 and 14.
Kate Joeckel, Lincoln, took first place in extemporane
ous speaking, impromptu speaking, oratory, communicat
ion analysis and pentathalon. She was also a finalist in
after dinner speaking. Deb Renter, Valley, was second in
interpretation of poetry, a finalist in communication
analysis and a semi-finalist in interpretation of prose. Pat
Rhoads, Omaha, placed second in extemporaneous speaking.
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see people filled with it, and to hear it in the sounds
around me."
Grier has talked to students on campuses in Georgia,
Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Arizona and now Nebraska.
Although this was not his first trip to the Cornhusker
state, he could not remember why he was in Omaha a
number of years ago.
Grier's friendship with Robert F. Kennedy eventually
involved him in politics. He was an aide and body guard to
Kennedy when the senator was assassinated in 1968.
Monday night he told of the assassination. He was at
the scene and took the gun from Sirhan Sirhan.
Grier said that he learned from Bobby Kennedy to at
least try to say things that you feel, the things that you
know in your heart are right.
Any one of us can make changes in this nation," Grier
said. "People think they are just a student, or just a house
wife or old man, and everybody waits for someone else to
do the job."
Others are committed
Grier said he would like to see others take a stand and
speak out. He said committed individuals like Walter
Payton, running back for the Chicago Bears; Julius Erving,
forward for the Philadelphia 76ers; and Dusty Baker, left
fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, speak to youth about
life.
Grier said being known as a football player has prob
ably helped him in his Christian work. He gained a
reputation as one of the "fearsome foursome" (defensive
line) while at LA.
But the real reason he is doing this type of work is be
cause nobody else was doing it, he said.
As an actor, he enjoyed the White Shadow and also
Aloha Paradise, which he said gave him a lot of growth in
acting.
In his spare time, Grier plays tennis with friends
basketball player Elgin Baylor and boxer Carlos Palamino.
His wife, Margie, and son Roosevelt Kennedy, Jr., who
will be 10 on Thursday, are in California where the family
resides.
Grier said he would leave Lincoln feeling satisfied with
his visit. He said the response from UNL students was
good.
He will speak at the University of Kansas at Lawrence
yet this week and then he's off to San Francisco to pre
sent some youth awards.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon "A" Team
The 1 981 All University
Flag Football Champions
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Pictured front row from left: Mike "Carrot" Jensen, Joel "Spod" Ballantine, Steve "Hergy"
Hergenrader, Ray "Funky" Poage, Rick "Otter" Otten, John Fordham and Brooks Gibson.
Back row from left: Clark Landers, Chris Vacanti, Roger "Monkey" Bullington, Kent
"Bone" Reinhard, Bob "Kermit" Cummings, Scott "Inggy" Ingalls, and Tim "Smitty"
Smith.
Other Divisional Champions Are:
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Residence Hall A Abel II
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Independent A Pigskins 2nd All University
Independent B La Costa Nostra
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