Roy Simmons
Roy Simmons | |
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Position (s): Guard |
Jersey numbers: 69, 60 |
born November 8, 1956 in Savannah | |
died on February 20, 2014 in New York City | |
Career information | |
Active : 1979 - 1983 | |
NFL Draft : 1979 / Round: 8 / Pick: 201 | |
College : Georgia Tech | |
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Career statistics | |
Games | 58 |
as a starter | 26th |
conquered Fumbles | 3 |
Stats at NFL.com | |
Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Roy Franklin Simmons (* 8. November 1956 in Savannah , Georgia ; † 20th February 2014 in New York City ) was an American American football poker players on the position of Guards . He played for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins in the National Football League (NFL). Simmons was in the 1984 Super Bowl with the Washington Redskins .
Roy Simmons played college football at the Georgia Institute of Technology . He was selected by the New York Giants in the eighth round of the 1979 NFL Draft . After the 1983 season he reached with the Washington Redskins to Super Bowl XVIII in which the Redskins the Los Angeles Raiders defeated with 9:38.
In 1992, Simmons came out on the Phil Donahue Show . In his autobiography, Out of Bounds Simmons writes about prostitution, promiscuity and abuse and dependence of drugs .
Simmons was the second NFL player, after David Kopay (1975), to be open about his homosexuality .
Works by Simmons
- Out of bounds: coming out of sexual abuse, addiction, and my life of lies in the NFL closet , autobiography (co-authored with Damon diMarco) ISBN 978-0786719099
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Roy Simmons, who came out as gay after NFL career, dead at 57 , accessed February 25, 2014
- ^ Roy Simmons, 57, Lineman Who Later Came Out as Gay, Dies
- ^ Entry about Roy Simmons in pro-football-reference.com
- ↑ Andrew Knox: NFL's Simmons Speaks of Former Gay Lifestyle and New Faith in Christ. In: cbn.com. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
Web links
- Roy Simmons personal website ( Memento of February 18, 2007 on the Internet Archive )
- Simmons on his homosexuality
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Simmons, Roy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simmons, Roy Franklin (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Savannah , Georgia |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th February 2014 |
Place of death | New York City |