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Contents:
- MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
- THERE HAVE BEEN 11 KNOWN GAY PLAYERS NFL HISTORY
- 8 OPENLY GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYED SEASON ON THEIR TERMS
- NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER HONORED DURG LEAGUE’S AWARD SHOW
- THIS FORMER SUPER BOWL ACH ACCEPTED HIS GAY SON OM THE NIGHT HE ME OUT
MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
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Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired. The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay.
THERE HAVE BEEN 11 KNOWN GAY PLAYERS NFL HISTORY
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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. 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.
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.
8 OPENLY GAY AND BI LLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYED SEASON ON THEIR TERMS
For six of the eight openly gay or bi llege football players, 2019 has marked the end of their llegiate reers, wh five graduatg and one cidg to stop playg football. Of the eight teams that had an openly gay or bi player, four played on teams wh wng rerd and four on teams wh losg rerds.
By beg openly gay while playg our most popular sport, the athlet upend what long had been a stereotype of the impossibily of out players thrivg football.
NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER HONORED DURG LEAGUE’S AWARD SHOW
Here is how the eight gay or bi players and their teams fared this season:.
Frantz, openly gay, is the team’s startg left tackle and will play his fal llegiate game the Wildts’ bowl game, which will be termed this weekend. Capal went 0-10, but Pertet end his reer wh a distctn 2018 of the beg the first openly gay player to sre a llege football touchdown.
Cy Hicks, College of Idaho (NAIA) offensive leman, sophomore. Hicks, openly gay, redshirted after season-endg surgery for a torn labm. Saffold, openly gay, had 21 tackl and three terceptns for the 4-5 Mammoths.
THIS FORMER SUPER BOWL ACH ACCEPTED HIS GAY SON OM THE NIGHT HE ME OUT
Christian Zevogel, Kalamazoo College (Michigan Divisn III) offensive leman, sophomore.
Zevogel, who is gay, cid to end his football reer at season’s end, cg a ncsn he suffered Augt and the sire to pursue his amic terts.
Johnson, openly gay, played six gam wh seven tackl for New Mexi Milary his first game actn two years after stg out his hman season at Arizona. The eight were the only players who were publicly out about beg gay or bi and my hope for 2020 is that they are joed by others.