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My Life As a Gay Man in the NFL
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February 2006
276 pages ISBN: 1402205058 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
In the tradition of such important best-sellers as
Breaking the Surface by Greg Louganis, Behind the
Mask by Dave Pallone and Going My Own Way by Billy Bean,
this is a wonderful first-person account by a dirt-poor
Samoan immigrant who won a football scholarship to Oregon
State, was drafted by the Green Bay Packers and played for
the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl. Throughout this
journey, Esera Tuaolo carried with him an agonizing secret:
he is gay. Alone in the Trenches will take the
reader behind the scenes into the world of professional
football where as many as twenty-five players would meet for
conferences of Christian prayer, during which the preacher
would exhort them that homosexuality was a grave sin. Esera,
a deeply religious man, would sit through such sessions
pinned by his fellow players� hatred for his hidden
identity. Esera�s story is rife with heartbreak and,
ultimately, hope. His beloved older brother and idol died of
AIDS having never told his friends and loved ones that he
was gay. Esera himself would find love with a man totally
different culturally, a native of Minnesota, with whom he
would adopt Samoan twins and begin a new life. As Esera puts
it: "I am just your typical gay Samoan ex-nose tackle who
would like to break into show business." A deeply moving and
inspirational story.
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