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Derrick Gordon

1991–

United States

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Derrick Robert Gordon (born December 12, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player. A shooting guard, Gordon attended and played for three universities, originally the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, where in 2014, Gordon became the first men's basketball player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I to come out as gay and play in a game. On March 24, 2015, Gordon announced his intention to transfer to the University of Massachusetts Amherst and continue to play college basketball, after a single season at WKU. After two seasons at UMass, during which he graduated in May 2015, Gordon decided to transfer again, for his final year of eligibility.

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