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Simmons, Roy

LC control no.no2006015458
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Personal name headingSimmons, Roy
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Birth date19561108
Death date20140220
Place of birthSavannah (Ga.)
Place of deathBronx (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityFootball--Offense
AffiliationWashington Redskins (Football team)
New York Giants (Football team)
Profession or occupationFootball players
Found inOut of bounds, c2006: t.p. (Roy Simmons) back flap of jacket (Offensive lineman with the New York Giants and Washington Redskins)
New York times (online), viewed Feb. 26, 2014 (in obituary published Feb. 25: Roy Simmons; b. Roy Franklin Simmons, Nov. 8, 1956, Savannah, Ga.; d. Thursday [Feb. 20, 2014], the Bronx, aged 57; former offensive lineman for the Giants and the Washington Redskins; one of only a handful of N.F.L. players to have said publicly that they were gay, all after their playing careers ended)
Associated languageeng