Roy Simmons

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Roy Simmons
Date of birth: (1956-11-08) November 8, 1956
Place of birth: Savannah, Georgia
Career information
Position(s): Guard
College: Georgia Tech
NFL Draft: 1979 / Round: 8 / Pick: 201
Organizations
As player:
1979-1982
1983
New York Giants
Washington Redskins
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com

Roy Franklin Simmons (born November 8, 1956) is a former American football player who played for the National Football League. He played Guard for the New York Giants and then with the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. In 1992, he came out of the closet as gay on The Phil Donahue Show. In his autobiography, Out of Bounds (written with Damon DiMarco), he speaks of drug addiction, prostitution, and promiscuity. Around 1997, he learned that he was HIV-positive.

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