NEW YORK — Roy Simmons — a former leman for the New York Giants and the Washgton Redsks and one of only a handful of NFL players to have said publicly that they were gay, all after their playg reers end — died Thursday his apartment the Bronx. He was 57. The e was plitns related to pnmonia, his brother Gary said. Mr. Simmons learned he had HIV 1997 and had other health problems, his brother said. Mr. Simmons, a star at Geia Tech, was drafted the eighth round by the Giants 1979 and played four years the NFL, three for the Giants and one for the Redsks. At 6-foot-3 and 260 pounds, he was lled Sugar Bear by his teammat sce llege.
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- ROY SIMMONS, WHO ME OUT AS GAY AFTER RETIRG OM NFL, DI AT 57
- IS RICHARD SIMMONS GAY? HIS SEXUALY TAILED
- 'OUT OF BOUNDS': GAY, CLOSETED AND IN THE NFL
- IS MR SIMMONS OM HEY ARNOLD GAY?
ROY SIMMONS, WHO ME OUT AS GAY AFTER RETIRG OM NFL, DI AT 57
* mr simmons gay *
Simmons is gay, though this was never outright mentned or shown to be obv on the show, most likely to avoid the ntroversy of addrsg homosexualy on a children's program at the time. Simmons's voice actor Dan Butler is gay.
IS RICHARD SIMMONS GAY? HIS SEXUALY TAILED
Ratburn, officially me out as gay after gettg married to his huband Patrick—but looks like he isn't the only queer teacher om a kids shows who is nonilly queer!
'OUT OF BOUNDS': GAY, CLOSETED AND IN THE NFL
Is also gay!
IS MR SIMMONS OM HEY ARNOLD GAY?
"A lot of the dience assumed he was gay, " Bartlett said. Gay rights!!! Well, get ready to have even more feelgs about the show bee jt might have been one of Nickeloon's first rtoons to have a gay character.