David Kopay

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'''David Marquete "Dave" Kopay''', football running back who became the "first professional sport athlete to declare his homosexuality" when he came out as gay in 1975
 
'''David Marquete "Dave" Kopay''', football running back who became the "first professional sport athlete to declare his homosexuality" when he came out as gay in 1975
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This article written and copyright 2008 by Will Johnson, freelance biographer.  This article is locked, you may comment on it by emailing me at [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com]
  
 
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In 1969 and 1970 he had a friendship and a one-night stand with his Redskins teammate, All-pro tight-end Jerry Smith who died of AIDS in 1986.  When Kopay with writer Perry Deane Young wrote his autobiography, he used a pseudonym for Jerry Smith calling him "Bill Stiles". In 1971 he married briefly at the suggestion of a therapist, but the marriage lasted about a year.
 
In 1969 and 1970 he had a friendship and a one-night stand with his Redskins teammate, All-pro tight-end Jerry Smith who died of AIDS in 1986.  When Kopay with writer Perry Deane Young wrote his autobiography, he used a pseudonym for Jerry Smith calling him "Bill Stiles". In 1971 he married briefly at the suggestion of a therapist, but the marriage lasted about a year.
  
When Dave Kopay came out, his older brother Tony was being considered for the head-coaching job at Oregon State.  Tony insisted that he was passed over due to Dave's interview, although Tony did get an assistant coach position.</td><td>http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biok2/kopa1a.jpg</td></tr></table>
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When Dave Kopay came out, his older brother Tony was being considered for the head-coaching job at Oregon State.  Tony insisted that he was passed over due to Dave's interview, although Tony did get an assistant coach position.</td><td>http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/1690701666_9b63d8b938.jpg</td></tr></table>
  
In a 2000 interview, Dan Raley stated that : "Kopay often travels around the country, fulfilling speaking engagements."  In an interview in 2002 Dave stated that he had been working for 20 years for Linoleum City, a company in Los Angeles that his uncle owned, as a buyer for movie studios.  At the bottom of that interview is an email address for him, but my message to that address in 2008 bounced as "user unknown".  In Sep 2007, he pledged a one million dollar gift to the University of Washington's glbtq center, calling this amount "about half of my estate."
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<table><tr><td>http://www.outsports.com/people/2007/koppay.jpg</td><td>In a 2000 interview, reporter Dan Raley stated that : "Kopay often travels around the country, fulfilling speaking engagements."  In an interview in 2002 Dave stated that he had been working for 20 years for Linoleum City, a company in Los Angeles that his uncle owned, as a buyer for movie studios.  At the bottom of that interview is an email address for him, but my message to that address in 2008 bounced as "user unknown".  In Sep 2007, he pledged a one million dollar gift to the University of Washington's glbtq center, calling this amount "about half of my estate."</td></tr></table>
  
 
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