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Kopay, David Marquette(Dave)
Born: 1942 AD
Currently alive, at 66 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Football Player
Currently alive, at 66 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Football Player
1942 - Born on June 28th in Chicago, Illinois. Former American football player.
1961 - Kopay originally planned to attend Marquette University in Milwaukee on a football scholarship, but when Marquette discontinued its football program, he instead went to the University of Washington, where his brother was a member of the team.
1963 - Was co-captain of the team, he led the Huskies to the PAC-10 conference championship and an appearance in the Rose Bowl.
1964 - Kopay was drafted by the San Francisco '49ers and spent ten years in the NFL.
1968 - He was traded to the Detroit Lions, to the Washington Redskins(where his coach was the legendary Vince Lombardi), to the New Orleans Saints, and to the Green Bay Packers.
1971 - He married but the marriage lasted little more than a year.
1975 - David Kopay made headlines when he came out publicly as a gay man.
1977 - Author of The David Kopay's Story.
1961 - Kopay originally planned to attend Marquette University in Milwaukee on a football scholarship, but when Marquette discontinued its football program, he instead went to the University of Washington, where his brother was a member of the team.
1963 - Was co-captain of the team, he led the Huskies to the PAC-10 conference championship and an appearance in the Rose Bowl.
1964 - Kopay was drafted by the San Francisco '49ers and spent ten years in the NFL.
1968 - He was traded to the Detroit Lions, to the Washington Redskins(where his coach was the legendary Vince Lombardi), to the New Orleans Saints, and to the Green Bay Packers.
1971 - He married but the marriage lasted little more than a year.
1975 - David Kopay made headlines when he came out publicly as a gay man.
1977 - Author of The David Kopay's Story.
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