Former Dallas Cowboy Jeff Rohrer is first married out gay ex-NFL player - Outsports

Contents:

• FORMER COWBOYS LEBACKER OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC WEDDG
• JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY
• 'THE NFL NEED THIS': HOW CARL NASSIB'S G OUT AS GAY N CHANGE FOOTBALL AND SOCIETY
• FORMER DALLAS COWBOY JEFF ROHRER IS FIRST MARRIED OUT GAY EX-NFL PLAYER
• JEFF ROHRER — RETIRED DALLAS COWBOYS LEBACKER — COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S GETTG MARRIED
• WILLIEGAY

FORMER COWBOYS LEBACKER OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC WEDDG

Jeff Rohrer, a former Dallas Cowboys lebacker, me out as gay Wednday an terview The New York Tim.

JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY

“If I had told the Dallas Cowboys the 1980s that I was gay, I would have been cut immediately, ” Rohrer told the Tim. ”Rohrer jos a very small club of former NFL players who have e out as gay. Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen told Outsports on Thursday that he is gay, makg him the first publicly out male ach major men’s pro sports the Uned Stat.

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'THE NFL NEED THIS': HOW CARL NASSIB'S G OUT AS GAY N CHANGE FOOTBALL AND SOCIETY

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FORMER DALLAS COWBOY JEFF ROHRER IS FIRST MARRIED OUT GAY EX-NFL PLAYER

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JEFF ROHRER — RETIRED DALLAS COWBOYS LEBACKER — COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE'S GETTG MARRIED

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As far as we know, Rohrer is the first publicly out gay former NFL player to be married to another man. Retired NFL lebacker Jeff Rohrer is gay and set to bee the first former or current NFL player a same-sex marriage, he revealed a new terview published on Wednday.

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