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| Position: | Wide receiver Kick returner Punt returner | ||
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| Born: | May 8, 1945 Oakland, California | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Red Bluff (CA) | ||
| College: | Oregon State | ||
| NFL Draft: | 1967 / Round: 2 / Pick: 28 | ||
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Robert Lee Grim (born May 8, 1945) is a former American football player in the National Football League who played from 1967–1977.
High school and college career[]
He played high school football at Red Bluff High School and college football at Oregon State University. In 1964, as a sophomore, he started at left end for the Beavers, helping to lead the team to the 1965 Rose Bowl. The 1965 Rose Bowl remains Oregon State's last Rose Bowl appearance.
NFL career[]
After the 1966-67 NFL football season, the Minnesota Vikings traded Fran Tarkenton for four draft picks in the 1967 NFL Draft. The Vikings used one of the four, a second round draft pick, to acquire Grim. He played with them for five seasons, helping them to the 1969 NFL championship and a Super Bowl IV appearance, before being traded with two other players and two draft picks as a part of the trade to the New York Giants for Fran Tarkenton. He played with the Giants for three seasons and the Chicago Bears for a season. Grim ended his career, playing with Fran Tarkenton and the Vikings for his final two seasons, helping the team to the 1976 NFC championship and a Super Bowl XI appearance. Grim ended his career having played in 133 total games.
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