Football’s first openly-gay player Josh Cavallo reveals he’s engaged after touching proposal

By Jacob Leeks The world's first openly gay top-flight footballer, Josh Cavallo, has announced he has become engaged. Cavallo revealed the news in an emotional post on social media, in which he enlisted the help of his club Adelaide United to surprise his now finace Leighton Morrell. Adelaide allowed Cavallo to ‘pop the question' to Morrell on their Coopers' Stadium pitch. The 24-year-old has been with Adelaide since 2021 and came out as gay later that year with an emotional video. In doing so, Cavallo became the first-ever top-flight footballer to come out and has since been a vocal advocate …

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