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Roy Simmons was born on 8 November, 1956 in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., is an American football player (1956–2014). Discover Roy Simmons's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 8 November, 1956
Birthday 8 November
Birthplace Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Date of death February 20, 2014
Died Place Bronx, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1956

Roy Franklin Simmons (November 8, 1956 – February 20, 2014) was an American football player who played as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins.

With the Redskins he played in Super Bowl XVIII.

He became the second former NFL player to come out as gay and the first to disclose that he was HIV-positive.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, Simmons had five siblings from multiple fathers.

As a child, he was sexually assaulted by a male acquaintance, and he later said that he was severely affected by the trauma of that event.

At Alfred E. Beach High School in Savannah, he became a highly recruited football star before committing to play at Georgia Tech.

At Georgia Tech, he acquired the nickname "Sugarbear" due to his fun-loving personality.

Though Simmons developed a habit of getting intoxicated and visiting bathhouses near the Georgia Tech campus, his college friends did not suspect that he was gay.

1979

After his career at Georgia Tech, he became an eighth-round draft pick of the New York Giants in 1979.

After signing with the team, Simmons moved his three younger brothers to New Jersey to live with him.

Later, his mother and other family members moved in.

1980

Simmons was a regular on the offensive line in his rookie season, and by 1980 he started all 16 games as the left guard.

Simmons later said that he fell into problems with substance abuse during his time in the NFL.

He felt that he had to keep his sexuality a secret, writing, "The N.F.L. has a reputation, and it’s not even a verbal thing — it's just known. You are gladiators; you are male; you kick butt."

1981

Simmons lost his position as a starter in 1981 and he left the Giants before the 1982 season, citing mental fatigue.

1983

After briefly working as an airport baggage handler and failing to make the Giants roster in a 1983 comeback, he was signed by the Redskins.

1984

He appeared in the 1984 Super Bowl.

1985

Simmons appeared briefly in the United States Football League, but his professional career was over by 1985.

1989

In 1989, one of Simmons' young cousins had revealed to a girlfriend of Simmons that the former player had male lovers.

Embarrassed, Simmons moved to San Francisco and disengaged from his family.

He became immersed in the city's drug culture, was injured in a knife fight and became homeless at one point.

1992

In 1992, he announced that he was gay on The Phil Donahue Show.

1997

Around 1997, he learned that he was HIV-positive.

2006

In 2006, three days before the Super Bowl, Simmons requested a media credential and two tickets to the game.

The NFL denied his request, saying that it had received too many similar requests to accommodate all of them.

Simmons and attorney Gloria Allred wrote to the NFL and requested an investigation into whether his request had been denied due to his sexuality or his HIV status.

His autobiography, Out of Bounds, was published that year.

According to Simmons' brother Gary, the former NFL player lived alone and spent several stints in drug treatment after his playing career.

Simmons was a born-again Christian, and a Christian Broadcasting Network video profile intimated that Simmons came to see homosexuality as immoral, but Simmons' brother said that Simmons was always proud to identify as a gay black man.

2014

Simmons died February 20, 2014, in his Bronx, New York apartment at the age of 57.

2015

In 2015, he was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.

2019

In an interview in 2019, former NBA player Al Harrington revealed that Simmons was his cousin, and that as a child his goal was to grow up and play for the New York Giants just like his older cousin Roy.