Jeff Rohrer is first in NFL history to marry a man
Getting married is a big deal for anybody – but for former NFL player Jeff Rohrer, it was monumental. He is the first player in league history to marry a man. “I swear to God, of all the things I've done in my life, this is the most courageous thing I've ever done as a human being,” Rohrer told ABC News. That’s a big statement considering Rohrer was known for his fearlessness during his rough and tumble years as a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys. “Football was nasty back then," he said. "We had bad equipment. We had no rules. We had the worst AstroTurf. And there was a lotta blood back then. There just was. It was a nasty game.” But now, thirty years after tackling the toughest players in the National Football League (NFL), Jeff was about to take on his biggest fear, revealing a secret that he hid for decades -- by "coming out" and marrying his boyfriend. Drafted out of Yale in 1982, Rohrer went on to the NFL for seven years with the Cowboys -– during the glory days of...