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MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

Carl Nassib is the first to ever play a down as openly gay, but the rt are still trailblazers. * running back gay *

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.

THERE HAVE BEEN 11 KNOWN GAY PLAYERS NFL HISTORY

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The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn. In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay.

7 GAY NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS

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The announcement today by former Patrts and Chiefs offensive leman Ryan O'Callaghan that he is gay brgs to seven the number of NFL known gay players NFL history who have played a regular season game.

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In addn, four other players who me out as gay were NFL trag mps, some playg preason gam. Kopay played wh two teammat who were gay: tight end Jerry Smh and nng back Ray McDonald. Gay players have long been the NFL.

Legendary Packers and Redsks ach Vce Lombardi — who had an openly gay brother — knew that some of his players were gay. In the Outsports article on O’Callaghan g out, longtime NFL executive Stt Pli says he has unseled gay NFL players before.

In 2013, Matt Llano me out publicly as gay when he published a blog post tled “It’s Time” on his personal webse. No active NFL player has ever clared his homosexualy publicly. Many NFL players have nfsed beg gay football players after retirement.

A ACH AND A SPORT HELPED LLEGE NNER E OUT AS GAY

In 2014, Michael Sam a llege football player publicly me out as a gay football player. If he achiev this feat, he will bee the first active gay football player the NFL. Here we take a look at all the other gay football players who played the NFL.

In 1975 he beme the first profsnal NFL football player to e out as gay. He is a board member of the Gay and Lbian Athletics Foundatn and is also the Gay Gam Ambassador of the Feratn of Gay Gam. Smh never ma public about his homosexualy but later after his ath, was nfirmed by his relativ that he was a gay.

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In 1992, he clared himself a homosexual on The Phil Donahue Show.

In 2002, Esera Tuaolo former NFL football player publilly clared to be a gay. He beme the third NFL player to e out as a gay, after David Kopay and Roy Simmons.

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He is a board member of the Gay and Lbian Athletics Foundatn. He has also ttified at the State Legislature Senate Judiciary Commtee hearg opposn to an anti-gay-marriage bill.

Wa Davis the former NFL fensive back me out of his closet 2012, clarg himself to be a gay. Davis is a board member of the New York Gay Football League and of the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network sport-advisory. Soon his parents cid to send Harris away om his hometown for further tn to hi is homosexual his retirement om Amerin football, Kwame Harris 2013 publilly revealed of beg a homosexual an terview wh CNN.

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Gay athlet and events the 20th century are few:.

Bill Tiln, who do not hi his homosexualy, ws the men's sgl tle at Wimbledon.

Wadll, who is openly gay, be creasgly volved gay polics.

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In 1976, Wadll and his partner Charl Deaton are the first gay men to be featured the "Coupl" sectn of People magaze. Five years later, Wadll forms San Francis Arts and Athletics to plan the first "Gay Olympic Gam. He adms his homosexualy durg an terview wh the now-funct Washgton Star.

Kg is currently preparg to lnch her own Billie Jean Foundatn that will support gay and lbian youths.

The first Gay Olympic Gam tak place San Francis. In 1989, he reveals his homosexualy to the bodybuildg muny durg an terview wh Ironman magaze. Gallagher says that before his suici attempt, he had bee unable to rencile his image of himself as an athlete wh gay urg.

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Smh never acknowledged that he was gay, but David Kopay's tobgraphy, Smh was scribed as his first love. Acrdg to Pallone, the real reason he was fired was the fact that he was gay.

Bce Hay, an Olympic swimmer who won a gold medal 1984 as a member of the 800-meter etyle relay, out publicly at the Gay Gam and ws seven gold medals petn. Jt Fashanu, a top soccer player Bra, reveals that he is gay.

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There have been 11 known gay players NFL history - Outsports .

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