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Feb 10, 2025 ... Justin Fashanu: The First Openly Gay Footballer In 1990, Justin Fashanu became the first professional footballer to come out as gay—but the ... Feb 25, 2014 ... Justin Fashanu was a rugged English striker and the first black soccer player to be traded for a million pounds. He was also openly gay. Jul 1, 2020 ... Justin is Britain's first and only 'out' gay male professional footballer. Yesterday would have been his 59 th birthday. Jul 21, 2019 ... Justin Fashanu and his brother John were brought up in Norfolk by foster parents. Both came through the youth academy at Norwich City during the late 70s. 29th February 2016. #LGBTInnovators - Footballer Justin Fashanu ... Justin Fashanu was a trail-blazer. He was Britain's first million pound black footballer ... Jun 12, 2019 ... I've had players over the years who were single and read books and so others [other players] said they must be gay. Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu. In 1981 Brian ... Four decades later Justin Fashanu remains top flight English football's only ... Oct 22, 2020 ... Justin Fashanu: 30 years since footballer came out ... Exactly 30 years ago, footballer Justin Fashanu hit the headlines as the first professional ... Apr 22, 2021 ... Over 30 years ago, Justin Fashanu came out as England's first ever openly gay male footballer. Homophobia was rife in football terraces when he did so in the ... Oct 5, 2017 ... Today, Fashanu is most often remembered as the first openly gay footballer. A new documentary, Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story, does ...