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Glenn Burke

In 1977, Burke became the first MLB player to come out as gay to teammates and team owners during his professional career and the first to publicly acknowledge it,stating, “They can’t ever say now that a gay man can’t play in the majors, because I’m a gay man and I made it.”

6 LGBTQ Icons That Totally Changed Sports History  was originally published on globalgrind.com

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