Early Life
Born in Cuthbert, Georgia as one of twelve children, Grier was named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was governor of New York at the time of Grier's birth and was elected president later that year.
He played high school football at Abraham Clark High School in Roselle, New Jersey.
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