The TCU football program has had some well-publicized problems lately. But here is some good news. In 1994, there weren’t a lot of openly gay athletes in either the collegiate or professional ranks–not a lot has changed that way on that front. But halfway through the football season that year, TCU linebacker Vincent Pryor decided to tell his teammates he’s gay. Not long after, he tied the school record for sacks in a single game. (You can read his entire story here.) Today Pryor will be given the Atticus Circle Award for, in the words of the Dallas Voice, “his courage to come out to his football team his senior year.”
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