@OnTheFritz,
Emile Griffith: Bisexual, (not openly in 1962), boxing champion in the welterweight division who fatally beat defending welterweight champion Benny Paret in 1962. Some say it was retaliation for an anti-guy slur the Cuban Paret directed at Griffith at the weigh-in, ("maricón"). Incredibly, Griffith was physically beaten badly years later when he left a gay bar.
