Esera Tuaolo
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||
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| Date of birth: | July 11, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth: | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Weight: | 281 lb (127 kg) | ||
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| College: | Oregon State | ||
| NFL Draft: | 1991 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35 | ||
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Esera Tavai Tuaolo (born July 11, 1968) is a former American professional football player. He was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for nine years.
Tuaolo, who is of Samoan ancestry, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was raised in poverty in a banana-farming family in Waimanalo. His father died when Tuaolo was ten years of age.
He played college football at Oregon State University and was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He was selected in the 1991 NFL Draft. Nicknamed "Mr. Aloha", Tuaolo played nose tackle for several teams in his career, reaching the Super Bowl in 1999 while playing with the Atlanta Falcons. He also played for the Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers during his career.
He also recorded the last tackle of football legend John Elway.
In 2002, having retired from sports, he announced to the public that he is gay, coming out on HBO's Real Sports. This made him the third former NFL player to come out, after David Kopay and Roy Simmons. He has since worked with the NFL to attempt to combat homophobia in the league and is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation. He also made an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004 to share his coming out story as well.
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