From Boston greats such as Gino Cappelletti and goes to the Tom Brady era. This book is written for those of us who love New England Patriots football and the great players who played the game. Those who are not the top fans of the Pats will also want this book, so they can try to get a leg up on the facts missing from the bookshelves of those Patriot fans who do not have this book. The book first tells the story about the great players in Boston Patriots football and then moves to the New England Patriots. It goes way back to the American Football League (AFL) team from Boston in 1960 and brings us right up to today. Eventually the topic in the chapter becomes the early NFL, then the AFL, and of course the Boston Patriots first football players in 1960 such as Babe Parilli under coach Lou Saban. Then of course there are the New England Patriots, and the phenomenal Wes Welker, and Tedy Bruschi and of course the #1 player in pro football today, Tom Brady, who was groomed by Bill Belichick to be the best. It seems like yesterday but for those pros trying to create a league out of nothing, there would have been nothing without the hard work of these players. And of course, this great book about the Patriots uses the eras of the 14 coaches to highlight the great players in Patriots football. We travel in time from the days of Lou Saban, Mike Holovak, and Chuck Fairbanks, all the way to the Ray Berry and Bill Belichick eras as we examine the players from the beginning to today. This book captures the great players in Patriots football even before the Patriots were the New England Patriots. This Patriots-first book takes the reader through stories about the many great players over the years to some great stories about the 58 seasons worth of great games (1018 games) with 523 great wins. The book focuses on the players-some of the the best who played for the Patriots-- John Hannah, Gino Cappelletti, Bob Dee, Vito "Babe" Parilli, Steve Grogan, Bruce Armstrong, Jim Nance, Dont'e Hightower, Drew Bledsoe, Tedy Bruschi, Ty Law, Willie McGinist, Rob Gronkowski, Wes Welker, as well as the current player who is arguably the finest player in pro football today--Tom Brady. The stories within the flow of the book will add substantially to your reading enjoyment. I dare you to pick up this book. If you are an avid Patriots fan, you will never put it down again. You cannot ever get enough of Patriots' greatness, but we do provide as many stories together in one spot as we can in this can't miss book.
Author Biography
Brian Kelly retired as an Assistant Professor in the Business Information Technology (BIT) Program at Marywood University, where he also served as the IBM i and Midrange Systems Technical Advisor to the IT Faculty. Kelly designed, developed, and taught many college and professional courses. He continues as a contributing technical editor to a number of technical industry magazines, including "The Four Hundred" and "Four Hundred Guru," published by IT Jungle. Kelly is a former IBM Senior Systems Engineer. His specialty was problem solving for customers as well as implementing advanced operating systems and software on his client's machines. Brian is the author of 153 other books, including 25 Sports Books, and hundreds of magazine articles. He has been a frequent speaker at technical conferences throughout the United States. Brian was a candidate for the US Congress from Pennsylvania in 2010 and he ran for Mayor in his home town in 2015. Kelly loves the Patriots and he became a big fan in the 1960's watching AFL games with his dad on Sundays on the 21" Admiral B/W TV. This is Brian's second "Great Players" book about a professional NFL team. Writing about the New England Patriots has been a special treat.
