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Contents:
- MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
- THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
- RERD 7 OPENLY GAY, BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS 2018
- TOP 10 GAY NFL PLAYERS WHO ARE TLY INSPIRATNAL
- FROM HUMBLE BEGNGS, GAY BOWL ATTRACTS NFL SPONSORS AND TOUCH LIV
- 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
- CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS
- JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY
- RERDS OF LLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS WH GAY PLAYERS MEAN NOTHG AND EVERYTHG
- THERE ARE 7 OPENLY GAY OR BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THIS SEASON
- JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
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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.
THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
Carl Nassib is the first to ever play a down as openly gay, but the rt are still trailblazers. * gay football players 2018 *
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.
RERD 7 OPENLY GAY, BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS 2018
Players on 22 NFL teams have already had an out gay teammate, cludg six players wh the Arizona Cardals. * gay football players 2018 *
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. Michael SamThe world took notice 2014 when All-Amerin fensive end Michael Sam me out as gay to ESPN while still llege.
TOP 10 GAY NFL PLAYERS WHO ARE TLY INSPIRATNAL
College football has seven openly gay or bi players 2018, a rerd, and a sign of a changg sport. * gay football players 2018 *
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.
FROM HUMBLE BEGNGS, GAY BOWL ATTRACTS NFL SPONSORS AND TOUCH LIV
France’s World Cup-wng striker Olivier Giroud believ is “impossible” for a profsnal footballer to e out as gay. * gay football players 2018 *
He later cled to sign wh the Tennsee Tans and Dallas Cowboys before g out as gay at 24, he told Philalphia Magaze 2013.
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.
8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
Very few NFL players have e out as gay - Most of the openly gay NFL players did so after they stopped playg. We list 10 gay players here. * gay football players 2018 *
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. 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.
CARL NASSIB, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, ULD BE TURNG POT FOR MALE SPORTS
In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same. * gay football players 2018 *
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. The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly. Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired.
Dpe Outsports chroniclg lerally dozens of piec of evince to the ntrary, there’s a ntued belief amongst some that NFL players would overwhelmgly reject a gay player if he me out. So we set out to figure out how many current NFL players have already played on the same team wh an out gay teammate. We found 39 current NFL players, who were on a roster for the 2020 season, who have already had an out gay teammate.
The 39 current NFL players have played wh at least five gay or bisexual men who were out to their team while they were on the same team.
JOSH CAVALLO BE ONE OF THE FEW PROFSNAL MEN'S FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AS GAY
Carl Nassib of the NFL's Las Vegas rairs out as first gay football player — and uld be a turng pot for LGBTQ players male sports * gay football players 2018 *
At least six of the players on the Cardals’ 2020 roster — about 10% of the team, — has already had a gay teammate they knew of. Wh that experience, solid veteran learship, a ach Kliff Kgsbury who has ld gay football player Stt Frantz, and a ont office that has monstrated an embrace of LGBTQ people, is easy to make the se that an out gay player wh the Cardals would be weled.
RERDS OF LLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS WH GAY PLAYERS MEAN NOTHG AND EVERYTHG
The Alai Uned midfielr announced that he was gay a vio posted to the team's Twter acunt Tuday. * gay football players 2018 *
The are the current NFL players to have played wh an out gay or bi man on their team (wh that team and their current team listed):. If you thk I’ve missed a current NFL player who’s played wh an out gay or bi teammate, be sure to leave the rmatn the ments below.
As the 2018 llege football season starts this week, there are a seven players who publicly intify as gay or bisexual, a rerd. There are other gay or bi players who might be totally closeted or out to only a few people and not public.
THERE ARE 7 OPENLY GAY OR BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THIS SEASON
It’s a posive velopment that openly gay llege football players are playg 2018 wh no special attentn. * gay football players 2018 *
The public perceptn is that football would be hostile to players who are gay, but the out players all say they have been supported. “A lot of people assume that bee you’re playg a sport like football that there’s assumptn that ’s a very mascule sport, and obvly is, but don’t mean that my teammat won’t be acceptg of someone who is gay, ” Ba said. France’s World Cup-wng striker Olivier Giroud believ is “impossible” for a profsnal footballer to e out as gay.
The Chelsea star, speakg to French newspaper Le Figaro, said is an “unrstatement” to say the sport is not ready to accept an openly gay player. There are currently jt two openly gay profsnal players world football, Mnota Uned’s Coll Mart and Swen’s Anton Hysen. Jt Fashanu, Bra’s first £1 ln black footballer, beme the first openly gay profsnal footballer 1990.
Giroud has been volved mpaigns while at former clubs Arsenal and at Montpellier, where he appeared on the ont ver of gay magaze Tetu, to raise awarens of the issu LGBT people face.
JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FORWARD BE UK'S FIRST ACTIVE MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
The 7 gay or bi llege football players pete var divisns and clu a player who had a historic touchdown. * gay football players 2018 *
English clubs will aga take part a mpaign later this month which will aim to raise awarens of homophobia football, wh rabow lac, rner flags and ptas’ armbands on display at grounds around the untry. Amazgly though, of the thoands of men who have stepped onto the field, only a small handful have ever e out as gay.
He is an important figure though, as 2014, he was the first openly gay NFL player to be drafted. By marryg Ross, he beme the first openly gay NFL player to enter a same-sex marriage – somethg that has not been seen aga sce. Sce g out, he has bee a board member at the Gay and Lbian Athletics Foundatn, pl he created an anizatn lled Hate Any Form is Wrong, which mpaigns agast homophobia.