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Report: Ex-Dallas Cowboy now first known former, current player in same-sex marriage

Jeff Rohrer is about to become the first known former or current National Football League player to be part of a same-sex marriage.

Rohrer and his husband, Joshua Ross, will get married in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sunday.

The news was first reported by The New York Times.

Rohrer was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 1982 draft out of Yale. As a linebacker, he played for “America’s Team” for six seasons alongside some of the most recognizable figures in franchise history, including Tony Dorsett, Randy White and Ed “Too Tall” Jones.