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Matt Majendie

Jake Daniels: Josh Cavallo ‘very proud’ of ‘brave’ Blackpool player after coming out as gay

Jake Daniels is the first active professional men’s footballer to come out as gay in over 30 years

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Jake Daniels has been praised for his decision to come out as Britain’s only openly gay active male professional footballer by the player who helped inspire him to do so.

Josh Cavallo, who plays for Adelaide United in Australia, came out last October and said at the time: “I hope that in sharing who I am I can show others who identify as LGBTQ+ that they are welcome in the football community.”

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