Glenn Burke
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 29 years ago |
Date of birth | November 16,1952 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Oakland |
California | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 30,1995 |
Died | San Leandro |
California | |
United States | |
Nationality | American |
Place of burial | Piedmont Funeral Services and Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, United States |
Job | Baseball player |
Education | Merritt Community College Campus |
Berkeley High School | |
Home run | 2 |
Bat averag | .237 |
Books | Out at Home: The Glenn Burke Story |
Out at Home: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player | |
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ID | 429655 |
Glenn Burke Life story
Glenn Lawrence Burke was a Major League Baseball 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.