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| − | Soccer player, Scottish Premier League teams. First professional to come out. Committed suicide after it was revealed he was having a relationship with a teenage boy. | + | Soccer player, as a member of a large number of English and Scottish Premier League teams (among them being Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, and Southampton) and North American professional teams (including Los Angeles, Edmonton, and Toronto) between 1978 and 1997. First professional football player to come out when he revealed he was gay in a 1990 press interview. Committed suicide after it was revealed he was having a relationship with a teenage boy, who in turn accused him of sexual assault. |
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Revision as of 20:18, 23 September 2014
Country
Scotland
Birth - Death
1961-1998
Occupation
Sports
Description
Soccer player, as a member of a large number of English and Scottish Premier League teams (among them being Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, and Southampton) and North American professional teams (including Los Angeles, Edmonton, and Toronto) between 1978 and 1997. First professional football player to come out when he revealed he was gay in a 1990 press interview. Committed suicide after it was revealed he was having a relationship with a teenage boy, who in turn accused him of sexual assault.
