Glenn Burke
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title:
Glenn Burke
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Glenn Lawrence Burke was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics from 1976 to 1979. He was the first MLB player to come out as gay, announcing it in 1982 after he retired. Though he would eventually embrace his sexuality publicly, rumors and mistreatment due to speculation eventually proved to be an emotional, psychological, and professional burden he could no longer endure; leading to his retirement from Major League Baseball after only f
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American baseball player (1952-1995)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke
date created:
2005-08-21T17:18:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T10:40:51Z
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