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His pace of speaking slowed. While he pursued a life he loved, with people he still loves very much, there was still something he knew was a secret bubbling inside of him, a secret he could never let out. Two gay Cowboys fans were ESPN hits For a couple of years, one of Outsports most-trafficked stories was a post about two gay Cowboys fans being highlighted by ESPN.

This was inconceivable for Rohrer just a few years ago.

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Jeff Rohrer played for the legendary Tom Landry. He had never, while he was playing in the NFL for the Cowboys or at any point during his marriage to his wife, dated men, had a boyfriend or had any kind of gay experience. We sat in silence for the better part of a minute, him present with the last few months of his life.

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They just love me, they always have. As he marries his boyfriend, his Cowboys teammates have his back. When the 6-foot-3, pound former Dallas Cowboys linebacker approached our table in the corner of a dimly lit Beverly Hills restaurant a couple of weeks ago, he was dressed like a stereotypical straight guy, clothes on the baggy side, carrying an over-sized duffel bag… and a delicately clenched martini.

Still, as we tip-toed into some questions about the first plus years of his life it was clear Rohrer had a lot to say. This story first ran in and is updated at the end. I asked him what that was. It was an evening about three years ago that Rohrer let the Wolfman out, quietly making his way up Robertson Boulevard for an after-work cocktail at the popular gay West Hollywood watering hole Tortilla Republic.

Sitting down, he quickly launched into some questions for me, as well as ground rules for our conversation. Not yet.

He wanted to share his story, but not all of it. With Jeff Rohrer, you have to expect the unexpected. When he pulled the napkin away, his eyes were scorched and watery. The post How a gay former Dallas Cowboy came out and met the love of his life. The Dallas Cowboys Have a Long, Odd History of Queerness From out players on the field to vocal allies and even an odd story about the team's site, the Dallas Cowboys have quite the gay history.

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It was like a fog had lifted from his sight, and he saw his own kindness — years of generosity with teammates and friends — coming back to him. Subscribe to our Newsletter today. This Sunday at a not-so-small ceremony in Southern California, Rohrer will marry his boyfriend of two-plus years, Joshua Ross.

I never expected it. Our weekly playbook is packed with everything from locker room chatter to pressing LGBTQ sports issues. Who he had been with them in that time was far more important to them than what he is. When his friends and family and teammates had told him over the years that they loved him, they really meant it.