Out of bounds

coming out of sexual abuse, addiction, and my life of lies in the NFL closet

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Author

Roy Simmons

Contributions

DiMarco, Damon - Contributor
Fisher, David - Contributor
Hester, Jimmy - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

70,000 words, Guess

Page Count

280 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL17191250M
ISBN-100786716819
OCLC Control Number62725724
OCLC Control Numberoutofboundscomin00simm
Library of Congress Control Number2006277837

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Goodreads856368
LibraryThing2391020

Classifications

LCCGV939.S465 A3 2006

Description

The second NFL player ever to come out as gay and the first ever to come out as HIV-positive, Roy Simmons was an up-and-coming star offensive lineman who quit football after just four years rather than be exposed as gay. Out of Bounds tells his compelling story-from his rape at age 10 to being plucked from his poor Southern background to join the NFL, from his first taste of pro football fame and sudden enormous wealth to his fast-paced, no holds barred nightlife of heavy drugs and countless sexual encounters with women and men. Simmons led a roller-coaster life that peaked in the late 1980s with his playing in the Superbowl. Ultimately, however, reckless living left him penniless, friendless, and on the brink of suicide. Finally in 1992, Simmons tapped the courage to come out as gay on national TV?then coming out as HIV-positive 10 years later?leading him to a healthy path of sobriety and self-acceptance.