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Contents:
- FORMER RAIRS, 49ERS OL KWAME HARRIS ADMS HE'S GAY
- NERS CB SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYERS WOULD NOT BE WELED ON THE TEAM
- THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
- JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
- RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
- JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY
FORMER RAIRS, 49ERS OL KWAME HARRIS ADMS HE'S GAY
In an terview wh CNN on Friday, former offensive tackle Kwame Harris admted he's gay and said he wished he would have acknowledged when he was playg. * 49ers openly gay player *
The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly.
NERS CB SAYS OPENLY GAY PLAYERS WOULD NOT BE WELED ON THE TEAM
* 49ers openly gay player *
16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster. Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired.
THREE GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS FEATURED NFL NETWORK SEGMENT ON CARL NASSIB
‘NFL 360’ profil five LGBTQ people wh a sports background, cludg three openly gay football players, on the impact of Nassib g out. * 49ers openly gay player *
The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn. In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay.
When former 49ers and Rairs offensive leman Kwame Harris was alleged January to have asslted a former boyiend, was logil to nclu that Harris, though he had never publicly e out of the closet, is gay. Harris is now sayg that he hop other gay athlet realize they’re not alone.
JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen is believed to be the first openly gay male ach major North Amerin men's sports after g out publicly an terview wh Outsports. * 49ers openly gay player *
"I want people, whether gay athlet, athlet still the closet, or youths who are not sure what their sexualy is to know those are mon feelgs, " Harris said. As ’s Mike Freeman reported this week, a gay NFL player is nsirg g out of the clost, which would mark him as the first openly-gay active athlete major Amerin pro sports.
RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
Seahawks fensive end Chris Clemons said ’d be selfish for a gay player to announce durg the season. They jt tryg to make themselv bigger than the team … No one said anythg about be a homophobic. And, as PFT pots out, he jos a list of former NFLers who have revealed they’re gay that clus Roy Simmons, Wa Davis, Esera Tuaolo and Dave Kopay.
When Kansas State offensive tackle and NFL hopeful Stt Frantz me out to the natn as gay last week, he shared that his teammat, to whom he'd e out earlier, had warmly received the news, a sign the most alpha of locker rooms may fally be ready for equaly. So, wh two gay players takg the field the top tier of llege football this season, has the future fally charged onto the turf?
Here's a list of players llege and pro ball who have proved you n be gay or bi and still n the KopayRunng back Dave Kopay, who signed wh the San Francis 49ers 1964, would play for five teams before hangg up his jersey 1972. Coach Vce Lombardi had apparently nfid Smh that he knew of his sexualy but would never let impact him negatively; Lombardi's brother was also gay. Yet he nspicuoly has never been ducted to the NFL Hall of SimmonsRoy "Sugar Bear" Simmons, an offensive leman for the New York Giants and Washgton Redsks, beme the send NFL player ever to publicly reveal he was gay.
JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY
So Coach Vce Lombardi knew McDonald was gay when he took over learship of the team 1969, but ma clear there would be no discrimatn his locker room, those close to the legend say. He would e out to HBO Sports 2002, where he discsed lghg off gay jok and slurs for years while he played DavisCornerback Wa Davis, who played preason wh the Tennsee Tans, Seattle Seahawks and Washgton Redsks and spent two seasons wh NFL Europe teams Berl Thunr and Barcelona Dragons, me out as gay 2012, nearly a after his retirement. He would later nfirm his sexualy on CNN and s down wh ESPN to discs the challeng of growg up gay Jamai and playg football while closeted.
Michael SamThe world took notice 2014 when All-Amerin fensive end Michael Sam me out as gay to ESPN while still llege. Louis Rams and beme the first openly gay player ever to get drafted by an NFL team. He did end up playg two years wh the Montreal Alouett, makg him the first openly gay player the history of the Canadian Football BryantA Purdue alum who gaed more yards than any other non-Heisman Trophy wner Big Ten history, Dorien Bryant failed to get drafted 2008.