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 GayFL

• He played one game for the Lions before becoming a SANFL star

The former Brisbane Lions player and SANFL champion Leigh Ryswyk has become the first past or present male AFL player to come out as gay.

Ryswyk, who played one game for the Lions in 2005, opened up about his sexuality on the GayFL radio program.