Former Brisbane Lion Leigh Ryswyk becomes first AFL player to come out as gay

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Former Brisbane Lion Leigh Ryswyk becomes first AFL player to come out as gay

Forty-one-year-old opens up about private life on radio show GayFLHe played one game for the Lions before becoming a SANFL starThe former Brisbane Lions player and SANFL champion Leigh Ryswyk has become the first past or present male AFL player to come out as gay.

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