Sam was the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team.
Contents:
- SAM ULD BEE NFL'S 1ST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
- MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS
- MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
- BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.
SAM ULD BEE NFL'S 1ST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
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MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS
"I jt want to go to the team who drafts me, " Sam told ESPN an terview that aired Sunday, "bee that team knows about me, knows that I'm gay, and also knows that I work hard. "Nobody has ever done this terviews wh ESPN, The New York Tim and Outsports, Sam said publicly for the first time that he was gay. Offensive leman Frank Garcia, who played ne seasons (1995-2003) the NFL wh the Panthers, Rams and Cardals, said Sam uld face "huge challeng" the was teammat and good iends wh fensive leman Esera Tuaolo, who announced he was gay on HBO's Real Sports 2002 — three years after he left the said although he and Tuaolo regularly hung out as teammat Carola 1999, Tuaolo never once let on that he was gay.
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MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
"Sam's announcement at a time gay rights and sports have llid at the Olympics Sochi. Rsia's anti-gay propaganda law has received much attentn, and cricism, bee of the gam. "By rewrg the script for untls young athlet, Michael has monstrated the learship that, along wh his imprsive skills on the field, mak him a natural f for the NFL, " said Sarah Kate Ellis, print of GLAAD, a leadg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr advocy anizatn.
"Wh acceptance of LGBT people risg across our asts — our schools, church, and workplac — 's clear that Ameri is ready for an openly gay football star.
Michael Sam, who 2014 beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, announced on Twter Friday eveng that he is walkg away om football for mental health reasons.
BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.
After he failed to fd a al wh an NFL team, Sam signed wh the Montreal Alouett of the Canadian Football League, at which pot he beme the CFL's first openly gay player.
7, he beme the first openly gay player to play a regular season CFL game, though he did not register any tackl or sacks his appearanc. The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly. 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.