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| Position | Placekicker |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | May 27, 1989 Winter Park, Florida |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 182 lb (83 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Orangewood Christian (Maitland, Florida) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Alan Scott Gendreau (born May 27, 1989)[1] is an American former college football player for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. The placekicker was openly gay to his teammates.[2][3][4] He ended his college career as the leading scorer in Sun Belt Conference history.
Gendreau went to high school in Florida, where he was an all-state football player as well as an accomplished soccer player. He came out as gay at age 16. He attended college at Middle Tennessee State University, where he chose to play football over soccer. He began his career being named to the Sun Belt All-Freshman team, and was later named twice to the All-Sun Belt first team. He also made the second longest field goal in Sun Belt Conference history and set multiple school placekicking records.
- ^ "Alan Gendreau Bio". goblueraiders.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ Watson, Graham (April 23, 2013). "Former Middle Tennessee kicker was openly gay with teammates, coaches". yahoo.com. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ Branch, John (April 23, 2013). "A Potential Pioneer, Just Looking for a Job". The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ Zeigler, Cyd (April 23, 2013). "Coming out kicking: Openly gay former college kicker tries for the NFL". Outsports. Retrieved April 24, 2013.