Andrew Scott Goldstein (born March 25, 1983 in Milton,

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) is the first American male team-sport professional athlete to be openly

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during his playing career. He came out publicly in 2003 and was drafted by his hometown team, the Boston Cannons of

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, in 2005. Goldstein played

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for the

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from 2005 to 2007, appearing in two games in 2006. A two-time All-American at

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, in 2003 Goldstein led the Big Green to the Ivy League title, earning a spot in the Division I tournament, the only in the school's history. In the first-round game at lacrosse power Syracuse, down one goal, Goldstein left the crease after a save, ran the length of the field, and scored a goal. It was the first goal by a goalie at the NCAA tournament in nearly 30 years. Dartmouth ended up losing 13–11. Goldstein came out to his teammates that summer. He made headlines off the field in 2005 when

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concluded that he was "the most accomplished male, team-sport athlete in North America to be openly gay during his playing career." In 2006, Goldstein was honored by being named to the OUT 100 and receiving a prestigious GLAAD Media Award for the feature entitled "Andrew Goldstein" which aired on ESPN's SportsCenter. In 2013, Goldstein was inducted into the inaugural class of the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. Goldstein hails from a family of talented athletes, his sister played hockey for Brown University while his brother played lacrosse for Amherst College. Their father, Irwin Goldstein, who played hockey for Brown as well as

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, is an internationally renowned physician who was the lead author of the first paper on

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as it applied to erectile dysfunction. After studying

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and

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at Dartmouth, Goldstein received his

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with a specific focus on cancer. He is now an Associate Professor and stem cell researcher at UCLA. Andrew Goldstein's

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, based on a 2016 co-authored publication with

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*. Goldstein's goal in 2003 NCAA tournament. * 1983 births Living people American lacrosse players Dartmouth College alumni Gay sportsmen Jewish American sportspeople LGBT Jews LGBT people from Massachusetts American LGBT sportspeople Major League Lacrosse players People from Milton, Massachusetts University of California, Los Angeles alumni American sportsmen LGBT lacrosse players 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American LGBT people Inductees of the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame {{US-lacrosse-bio-stub