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- EX-PATRTS LEMAN RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO ME OUT AS GAY, RELLS ROBERT KRAFT'S SUPPORT
- RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, FORMER NEW ENGLAND PATRTS LEMAN, OUT AS GAY
- THE PATRTS OFFENSIVE LEMEN SAY THEY’D SUPPORT A GAY TEAMMATE
- EX-NFL LEMAN COM OUT AS GAY, 'USED FOOTBALL AS A BEARD'
EX-PATRTS LEMAN RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, WHO ME OUT AS GAY, RELLS ROBERT KRAFT'S SUPPORT
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Former NFL player Ryan O'Callaghan said New England Patrts owner Robert Kraft supported him when he publicly me out as gay two years ago and told him he will be "forever a Patrt. For (Kraft), who opens up to me about a gay iend, I am the most important person the world those few moments.
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RYAN O'CALLAGHAN, FORMER NEW ENGLAND PATRTS LEMAN, OUT AS GAY
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THE PATRTS OFFENSIVE LEMEN SAY THEY’D SUPPORT A GAY TEAMMATE
MINNEAPOLIS — When Ryan O’Callaghan played offensive leman for the New England Patrts 2006 and 2007, he was eply closeted and a om g out publicly as gay.
While society has ma great stris LGBT acceptance the time sce O’Callaghan played for the Patrts — cludg legalizg same-sex marriage — the NFL and major men’s pro sports rema a sert, bereft of out gay or bisexual athlet. When I asked rookie guard Cole Croston whether he had gay iends or acquatanc growg up, he said “ really wasn’t a part of my life as a kid. Yet Croston was clear that he would embrace an openly gay teammate.
Only one of the players I spoke wh, Ted Karras, had a teammate high school or llege he later found out was gay.
EX-NFL LEMAN COM OUT AS GAY, 'USED FOOTBALL AS A BEARD'
The views of all the lemen I spoke wh were pretty clear — for them, a gay teammate would be jt one of the guys.