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Dave Kopay: First NFL Player to Come Out of the Closet


PODCAST—EPISODE 16: Mike talks with old friend, Dave Kopay, who in 1975, was the first prominent athlete to come out and the first male athlete in a major professional league to do so, when he publicly disclosed he was gay. A hero to many LGBTQers for his courage, he paid a permanent price in being shut out of coaching jobs in colleges and at the pro level.).


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