Born and raised in Manhattan Beach, California, Rohrer played football in high school then at Yale University. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys after college and played for the Texas team from 1982 to 1989. Following his exit from the NFL, Rohrer pursued his passion for visual art and currently works in media.
Said Rohrer, “If I had told the Dallas Cowboys in the 1980s that I was gay, I would have been cut immediately. It was a different world back then, people didn’t want to hear that.”
In fact, it was football, he says, that kept him for coming out for so long.
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I don't remember him as a player. Yeah, coming out as gay in Texas in 1984 would not have gone over well.
Said Rohrer, “If I had told the Dallas Cowboys in the 1980s that I was gay, I would have been cut immediately. It was a different world back then, people didn’t want to hear that.”
In fact, it was football, he says, that kept him for coming out for so long.
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I don't remember him as a player. Yeah, coming out as gay in Texas in 1984 would not have gone over well.
