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When Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders made their famous charge up San Juan Heights, they were entirely on foot. The only one riding anything was Roosevelt. They'd left the horses in Florida.
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In 1898 President Theodore Roosevelt formed the First US Voluntary Cavalry Regiment. After announcement, they were flooded with applications from all over the country. The press names them 'The Rough Riders'
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Between the years of 1897-1901, Teddy Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Colonel in the U.S. Army and leader of the Rough Riders, Governor of New York, Vice President of the United States and President of the United States.
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In 1995, the Ottawa Rough Riders in the CFL Drafted a Dead Player
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Despite typically only having nine teams in the Canadian Football League (CFL), two teams managed to have the same name: the Ottawa Rough Riders, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The two competed against each other for 35 years, until Ottawa folded in 1996.
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Buckey O'Neill, he not only was a rough rider with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American war, he was killed with a bullet to the mouth minutes after taking a drag from a cigarette and saying "There ain't a Spanish bullet made that can kill me."
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When the Spanish American War broke out, future President Teddy Roosevelt was actually Secretary of the Navy. He resigned to lead the famed 'Rough Riders' regiment.
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Rohan Marley, son of Bob Marley, was a linebacker for the University of Miami where he played alongside Dwayne Johnson and Ray Lewis. In 1993 he led the Hurricanes with 95 tackles. He later played professional football in the Canadian Football League with the now defunct Ottawa Rough Riders.
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The head of Tabasco sauce resigned to be one of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. That's BADASS!
