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Contents:
- REMEMBERG JERRY SMH, A GAY NFL STAR WHO NEVER GOT HIS DUE
- WASHGTON HAD 3 GAY PLAYERS S 1969 NFL TRAG MP
- NFL'S KIRK COS ON HAVG A GAY TEAMMATE: 'NOBODY'S PERFECT'
- ROY SIMMONS, REDSKS PLAYER WHO ME OUT AS GAY, DI AT 57
- FRIEND: GAY REDSKS TE JERRY SMH PED WH 'HORRENDO EXISTENCE'
- CARL NASSIB IS OUT, BUT HE’S NOT THE FIRST GAY PLAYER THE NFL, OR EVEN WASHGTON
REMEMBERG JERRY SMH, A GAY NFL STAR WHO NEVER GOT HIS DUE
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WASHGTON HAD 3 GAY PLAYERS S 1969 NFL TRAG MP
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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.
NFL'S KIRK COS ON HAVG A GAY TEAMMATE: 'NOBODY'S PERFECT'
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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. 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.
ROY SIMMONS, REDSKS PLAYER WHO ME OUT AS GAY, DI AT 57
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. He later cled to sign wh the Tennsee Tans and Dallas Cowboys before g out as gay at 24, he told Philalphia Magaze 2013.
FRIEND: GAY REDSKS TE JERRY SMH PED WH 'HORRENDO EXISTENCE'
He would later move to San Francis and jo the Fog, a gay gby team, and pen a g-out blog post GallagherA Universy of Ptsburgh offensive leman om 1977 through 1979, Ed Gallagher reprsed his sexualy until 1985, when he had his first sexual enunter wh a man, then attempted to kill himself 12 days later. He died LuhenA kicker for the Nebraska Cornhkers who played om 2003 through 2005, Eric Luhen told Outsports he was open about beg gay and suffered relentls bullyg om a handful of teammat. While he said he never kept his sexualy a secret, a "nspiracy of silence" left the matter unspoken the GendreA kicker for four seasons wh the Middle Tennsee Blue Rairs, Alan Gendre, openly gay om age 16 on, would end his llege reer as the lead srer Sun Belt nference history.
He ma the cisn to announce he was gay, the first active Divisn III player to do so, after nnectg wh Conner Mertens through You Can Play, he SarafArizona State leman Chris Saraf 2014 me out as gay to lol LGBT publitn Compete, makg him the first Divisn I player out of the closet. The move quickly brought msag of support om the athletic partment and universy officials, and the wrer for Compete told The Arizona Republic that the school fact approached him about breakg the SimsBrian Sims 2000 was named -pta for the Bloomsberg Universy football team Pennsylvania, makg him the first openly gay llege football pta NCAA history, acrdg to Outsports. Sims, post-football, entered polics and 2012 beme the first openly gay polician ever elected to the Pennsylvania Hoe of DarrowAn offensive leman for Prceton, Mason Darrow me out 2015.
CARL NASSIB IS OUT, BUT HE’S NOT THE FIRST GAY PLAYER THE NFL, OR EVEN WASHGTON
He's now pursug a ont-office job profsnal JohnsonMy-Kg Johnson, a recent grad of Tempe High School Arizona, is set this fall to be the first openly gay scholarship player reced to play major-llege football, takg the field wh the Universy of Arizona. He said he wanted to enter his fal season of llege ball livg openly and hontly, and emailed the newspaper shortly after Kurdzlek, a iend and opponent on the field, me out PertetWyatt Pertet, a special teams player and receiver for Capal Universy, will be a sophomore this season. Smh lived his whole life closeted and was one of the first known players to live a double life as an NFL star and a closeted gay athlete.
Lombardi had a gay brother, and preached equaly and acceptance on his teams. Wh hundreds of NFL players, and zero openly gay players, is unfortunate to thk about the ia that someone is hidg their inty an NFL locker room. I hope that 30 years om now, we n look back on many succsful reers of openly gay NFL players.
However, spe the fact that Jerry Smh did not live one day of his life as an openly gay man, his story is still important and he should be remembered. His story brought attentn to the fact that gay men n do anythg a straight man n, if not better. Even today, his story eras the stigma and stereotype that gay men are feme.