Quote:Roy Simmons, the fun-loving Giants offensive lineman who later became the second former player in NFL history to come out as gay, died in his New York home last week at 57.

Simmons, the only player in NFL history to acknowledge that he was HIV positive, was known as "Sugar Bear" because of his big smile and sweet personality. But the former Giants offensive lineman was also tortured by his sexuality and struggled for years with substance abuse.

When his NFL career ended, he was a homeless prostitute in San Francisco for a time, earning $15 a trick.

"All the guys in the locker room loved him," Giants star Harry Carson, Simmons teammate, told the Daily News Monday. "He had a very gentle demeanor. He was all about having fun, laughing and smiling and doing his job."

A friend found Simmons' body in a chair in his rented room in the Bronx on Thursday, James Hester told the Daily News Monday. A spokeswoman for the city's Office of Chief Medical Examiner said the cause of death had not been determined, but Hester, Simmons' longtime friend, said Simmons had been hospitalized in November and December with pneumonia.

Simmons told the Daily News in 2006 that he had battled demons ever since a neighbor in his hometown of Savannah, Ga., raped him when he was 11 years old.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footba...-1.1700509

Nothing to celebrate now, is there?

RIP Mr. Simmons. Once again, is it nature or nurture? Maybe a coincidence, but if he was molested at 11, that would be around 1967, when the "gay liberation" movement became more active and vocal. I'm sure the perv who attacked him must be really proud of himself.

RIP

RIP.

(02-25-2014 03:35 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

Quote:Roy Simmons, the fun-loving Giants offensive lineman who later became the second former player in NFL history to come out as gay, died in his New York home last week at 57.

Simmons, the only player in NFL history to acknowledge that he was HIV positive, was known as "Sugar Bear" because of his big smile and sweet personality. But the former Giants offensive lineman was also tortured by his sexuality and struggled for years with substance abuse.

When his NFL career ended, he was a homeless prostitute in San Francisco for a time, earning $15 a trick.

"All the guys in the locker room loved him," Giants star Harry Carson, Simmons teammate, told the Daily News Monday. "He had a very gentle demeanor. He was all about having fun, laughing and smiling and doing his job."

A friend found Simmons' body in a chair in his rented room in the Bronx on Thursday, James Hester told the Daily News Monday. A spokeswoman for the city's Office of Chief Medical Examiner said the cause of death had not been determined, but Hester, Simmons' longtime friend, said Simmons had been hospitalized in November and December with pneumonia.

Simmons told the Daily News in 2006 that he had battled demons ever since a neighbor in his hometown of Savannah, Ga., raped him when he was 11 years old.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footba...-1.1700509

Nothing to celebrate now, is there?

RIP Mr. Simmons. Once again, is it nature or nurture? Maybe a coincidence, but if he was molested at 11, that would be around 1967, when the "gay liberation" movement became more active and vocal. I'm sure the perv who attacked him must be really proud of himself.

The perv proud gay chap who raped him is celebrated by the gay community is probably dead too.

(02-25-2014 03:46 PM)Paul M Wrote:  RIP

I really hate to be the ass hole here, no pun intended, but that sound probably haunted Simmons just as long as the memory did.

Dude.

(02-25-2014 04:20 PM)Smaug Wrote:  Dude.

SORRY

(02-25-2014 03:35 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

Quote:Roy Simmons, the fun-loving Giants offensive lineman who later became the second former player in NFL history to come out as gay, died in his New York home last week at 57.

Simmons, the only player in NFL history to acknowledge that he was HIV positive, was known as "Sugar Bear" because of his big smile and sweet personality. But the former Giants offensive lineman was also tortured by his sexuality and struggled for years with substance abuse.

When his NFL career ended, he was a homeless prostitute in San Francisco for a time, earning $15 a trick.

"All the guys in the locker room loved him," Giants star Harry Carson, Simmons teammate, told the Daily News Monday. "He had a very gentle demeanor. He was all about having fun, laughing and smiling and doing his job."

A friend found Simmons' body in a chair in his rented room in the Bronx on Thursday, James Hester told the Daily News Monday. A spokeswoman for the city's Office of Chief Medical Examiner said the cause of death had not been determined, but Hester, Simmons' longtime friend, said Simmons had been hospitalized in November and December with pneumonia.

Simmons told the Daily News in 2006 that he had battled demons ever since a neighbor in his hometown of Savannah, Ga., raped him when he was 11 years old.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footba...-1.1700509

Nothing to celebrate now, is there?

RIP Mr. Simmons. Once again, is it nature or nurture? Maybe a coincidence, but if he was molested at 11, that would be around 1967, when the "gay liberation" movement became more active and vocal. I'm sure the perv who attacked him must be really proud of himself.

Yes, I'm sure the gay liberation movement was extremely active and vocal on his block in Savannah, Georgia 1967. That was just down the street from Stonewall, right?

Whoever raped him is an evil criminal, whom I hope was punished. You're just disgusting.