His nickname on the football field was “Der Hammer” – apt for a man who is keen to knock down the barriers faced by gay people sport.
Contents:
- MY HIDN JOURNEY: A PROFSNAL SOCCER PLAYER REVEALS HE IS GAY
- 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
- THOMAS HZLSPERGER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY NEWSPAPER TERVIEW
- THOMAS HZLSPERGER BE FIRST HIGH-PROFILE GAY FOOTBALLER
MY HIDN JOURNEY: A PROFSNAL SOCCER PLAYER REVEALS HE IS GAY
I'm a brother, son, iend, former pro footballer, entreprenr and annoygly petive lad. I'm a lot of thgs, and one of them is gay. * gay footballer thomas *
Sce then, there have been so few visible stori of gay men our sport, pecially England.
German midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger, the only known gay man to play the Premier League, me out 2014, the year after he gay and havg a reer football never felt like an optn. Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, is gay, and the thgs are all football, there's still fear a gay teammate might dispt the team environment. Sometim 's bshed away, like homophobia isn't an issue football anymore.
8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
<p>Former Premier League footballer and German ternatnal talks to <strong>Raphael Honigste</strong> about how he wanted to tell the world he was gay while he was still playg Germany for Wolfsburg, but was advised agast </p> * gay footballer thomas *
I have heard gay slurs fly around changg rooms and on the pch. I mean, one of the worst thgs you n say to someone a sportg environment is: "You're so gay.
THOMAS HZLSPERGER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY NEWSPAPER TERVIEW
In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same. * gay footballer thomas *
The more I uld stay awake, the more I uld put off addrsg how I really a sophomore I was named the program's first-ever first-team All-Amerin. This is nothg new for a closeted gay athlete. Do not fear the day where a gay athlete is wearg the badge on your shirt.
THOMAS HZLSPERGER BE FIRST HIGH-PROFILE GAY FOOTBALLER
<p>Thomas Hzlsperger has bee the most high-profile footballer to e out, announcg on Wednday that he is gay</p> * gay footballer thomas *
After all, we uld be missg out on the next Lnel Msi, who jt might happen to be gay. In the morng he had bee the hight-profile footballer to announce he is gay, and the hours afterwards he had not checked the public reactn.