Two members of 1993 Oilers were gay; teammat knew, didn’t re | HBCU Sports Foms

Contents:

• THE HOTON OILERS HAD TWO (MOSTLY) OPENLY GAY PLAYERS IN 1993
• '93 HOTON OILERS HAD TWO GAY PLAYERS, TEAMMAT SAY
• FORMER OILERS SAY TWO PLAYERS ON 1993 TEAM WERE GAY, NOBODY RED
• THE 1993 HOTON OILERS HAD AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS, FORMER TEAMMAT SAY
• TWO PLAYERS ON THE 1993 HOTON OILERS WERE GAY, AND MOST OF THEIR TEAMMAT DIDN'T CARE
• TWO KEY MEMBERS OF THE 1993 HOTON OILERS WERE GAY
• TWO MEMBERS OF 1993 OILERS WERE GAY; TEAMMAT KNEW, DIDN’T RE
• THE NFL'S BEEN OKAY WH GAY PLAYERS FOR 20 YEARS? YEAH RIGHT
• TWO EX-HOTON OILERS WERE GAY AND ACCEPTED BY TEAMMAT, ACRDG TO REPORT
• '93 OILERS SAY TEAM HAD GAY TEAMMAT, WAS 'NO BIG AL'

THE HOTON OILERS HAD TWO (MOSTLY) OPENLY GAY PLAYERS IN 1993

Two players on the 1993 Hoton Oilers were gay, and their teammat knew and didn't re, acrdg to the Hoton Chronicle. Surf Girls Hawai'i star says she has somethg lled 'duck syndrome'OffEnglishThe Chronicle has a big feature g this Sunday on the 1993 team, but a preview released today, reveals that there were players that "everybody knew" were gay, acrdg to former Pro-Bowler Cris Dishman, but that wasn't an issue the locker room. Here's the money quote om today's preview:Not only did the team know about the suatn, but players accepted their gay teammat and did not outst them.

Football players n be gay and functn perfectly well wh an NFL locker room.

'93 HOTON OILERS HAD TWO GAY PLAYERS, TEAMMAT SAY

There were at least two gay players on the 1993 Hoton Oilers, a team noted for s dramatic eback and subsequent llapse, team members have told the Hoton Chronicle. Members of the NFL team did not name the gay players but said they were accepted by their teammat, the Chronicle reports. "To date, no active NFL player has e out as gay, and only one active player any major profsnal male team sport has -- NBA center Jason Colls, who is not currently signed wh a 1993 Oilers, the subject of a recent documentary on the NFL Network, were notable for wng 11 nsecutive gam after losg four of their first five the season.

While the topic of gay players on NFL rosters has garnered a great al of attentn over the past few years, is hardly a new issue.

FORMER OILERS SAY TWO PLAYERS ON 1993 TEAM WERE GAY, NOBODY RED

There are likely gay men playg profsnal football today jt as there were gay men playg profsnal football 20 years ago. Acrdg to a few former players, the 1993 Hoton Oilers had two gay players on their roster and they were not ostracized any way. “Everybody knew certa guys (were gay), ” he said.

Both McDowell and Lathon said that showerg and beg the locker room wh their gay teammat was “no big al. Earlier this year, Vce Lombardi’s dghter claimed that her father worked wh at least five gay men on his 1969 Washgton Redsks team and protected any players or -workers that were discrimated agast. If players and ach were aware that there were gay players locker rooms almost 50 years ago, I’m sure the same is te now.

The topic of whether a gay player would be accepted a NFL locker room is probably overblown.

THE 1993 HOTON OILERS HAD AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS, FORMER TEAMMAT SAY

The Hoton Chronicle ran a tremendo oral history on that wild season and team ('s excellent, check out, as was the NFL Network's "A Football Life" episo on the '93 Oilers), and there's a revelatn that the Oilers had at least two gay nobody thought was a big al.

Here are a uple of quot om the Chronicle's story:"Everybody knew certa guys (were gay). ”"Listen, those (gay) guys that we’re talkg about were unbelievable teammat, " lebacker Lamar Lathon said.

TWO PLAYERS ON THE 1993 HOTON OILERS WERE GAY, AND MOST OF THEIR TEAMMAT DIDN'T CARE

”To thk that the 1993 Oilers are the only NFL team that had a gay player or two is naive. No active NFL player has e out as gay (the gay players on the '93 Oilers weren't intified), but maybe that's not as much about the locker room as we thk.

NEWS FLASH: There have been some profsnal athlet the past (other than guys like Jason Colls) who have been gay. But whether you want to believe or not, there have been gay pro athlet—lots and lots of gay pro athlet—that have participated all sports the past.

TWO KEY MEMBERS OF THE 1993 HOTON OILERS WERE GAY

That "news" is that two members—or, better yet, at least two members—of the 1993 Hoton Oilers were gay. Most of their teammat really didn't re about know all of this bee the Hoton Chronicle is gog to publish a story about the 1993 Hoton Oilers on Sunday—that 1993 team was the team that famoly lost a playoff game to the Buffalo Bills after leadg 28-3 at halftime—and, while nductg terviews for the story, the Chronicle disvered that the '93 Oilers had at least two gay players on the team.

TWO MEMBERS OF 1993 OILERS WERE GAY; TEAMMAT KNEW, DIDN’T RE

""Everybody knew certa guys [were gay], " former Oilers rnerback Cris Dishman yet, that Oilers team was still credibly hive, still had lots of succs, and is still remembered the Hoton area. Even though, you know, they had a uple of gay players on the team.

THE NFL'S BEEN OKAY WH GAY PLAYERS FOR 20 YEARS? YEAH RIGHT

(Sibar: We unrstand why hasn't happened, but 's still amazg that, this day and age, there are no openly gay players the NFL. RELATED: Hall of Shame: A Recent History of Homophobia SportsRELATED: A Gay NFL Player Is Reportedly Thkg About Comg Out Soon[via Hoton Chronicle].

At least two members of the famo 1993 Hoton Oilers were gay, and many players on the team knew , acrdg to a report om the Hoton Chronicle. While I doubt the straight players were marchg on the state pal for LGBT equaly, they had gay teammat, they didn't re, and they saw the teammat as posive ntributors on the field first and foremost. Former Oiler great Warren Moon prevly said he played wh a gay teammate, so there is some rroboratn to this story.

The Oilers beme the Tennsee Tans shortly after that season, and many Tans have exprsed support for their openly gay former teammate, Wa Davis.

TWO EX-HOTON OILERS WERE GAY AND ACCEPTED BY TEAMMAT, ACRDG TO REPORT

Wh the past few weeks, one NFL star addrsed his teammat to bat whispers that he's gay or bisexual.

Givs - He's gay. Don't worry about him, he's gay. Kramer - So I'll ask you, are you gay?

This is Ernt Givens and this is what you got and I'm not gay.

'93 OILERS SAY TEAM HAD GAY TEAMMAT, WAS 'NO BIG AL'

Kramer - Is beg gay one of the worst thgs that uld be said about an athlete?

Kramer - If somebody said Ernt Givens h his girliend, wouldn't be as bad as somebody sayg Ernt Givens is gay? But when you start stereotypg athlet, start puttg that gay thg on them, that hurts more than anythg.