Which Patriots players have YOU Met?
 

I myself,living here in New Mexico am pretty far from Boston obviously.I have never had the opportunity to see a live game from my beloved Pats.I was curious,Who here on the boards has had the opportunity/Privelage to meet one of our great players,or members of the coaching staff, either past or present? How was the experience?

Re: Which Patriots players have YOU Met?
 

Ask Mrs B. She's met most all of them.

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At those Patriots/Local Police celebrity basketball games, Tatupu and few others. Can't remember. Brady was at one in 2000, before his rise to stardom. They signed autographs for the fans while dripping in sweat on the benches at halftime.

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met cassel and paxton at training camp last year. they were both cool, smiled and small talked with all the fans during the autograph session. my girlfriend just met ben watson last week, he came to her work for some bring the kids to work day. She said he was nice and VERY big...
Also met Bruce Armstrong and Tatupo when I was real young at a fan appreciation day or something in foxboro

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If you include training camp over the past couple of years, I 'met' Brown, Wilson, Glenn, Seymour (rookie), and Cox.

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I met Steve Grogan around 1974 or so at the MDC Skating Rink on Nonantum rd in Newton MA. They were showing a highlight movie of the past season. So he had LOTS of time for the fans:D I was 5 or so and got his autograph, which my mom threw out. I'll never quite forgive her for that.

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LOL - I met Sam Gash years ago when he was still on the team in the hospital lab (I was there for a blood test; don't know what he was there for but it was less than a week after that awful loss to Pittsburgh in the playoffs 7-6 when some guy named Vrabel intercepted Bledsoe at the end of the game) when I was hugely pregnant with twins. I was so excited to meet him; I think he was afraid of me!!

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Christian Fauria and Vince Wilfork when they returned from SB 39. Wilfork had the Lomabrdi in hand and I got to touch it.

Does anyone know where to find out when and where Pats players are doing signings? Harrison did a signing in Franklin last week and had I known I definitely would have went.

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I've met lots over the years. We used to have a bunch of them come to speaking engagements for sports. Hog, Morgan, Grogan, Nelson, etc. Met Grogan again a few years ago. His son played for my brother at Northeastern. Grogan used to go to all of the games. Vincent Brown tried to pick up my wife one "girl's night out" at "the tent". Someone I grew up with was friends with Bledsoe when he first came to the Pats and I've hung out at my buddy's house in Walpole getting drunk with him when he was a rookie.

I've also met some other players when they were in college or retired. My brother played for Syracuse (when they were good) under MacPherson so I've met most of that coaching staff and I've met Marvin Harrison and others when I was up visiting my brother. One of my high school coaches was John Hulecki of the Steelers and I've met Milt Morin (largest hands I've ever shook).

A bunch of Pats live at "the Marina" just south of Boston. They're high priced condos and it's right near "the tent" which is a meat market.

I've met Marcel Shipp (Arizona) during my brother's first UMass coaching stint.

Oh, I also smoked Flutie a couple of years ago at his Marino Farms road race. He started a couple of minutes ahead of me and I passed him on the last hill. He was walking up it and I was too tired to say anything to him. lol

Most were normal guys. The obnoxious ones that played with or for my brother always turned out to be busts. I remember Marvin Harrison being a very nice guy from a nice family.

My brother's father-in-law is also Frank Novak who coached in the NFL for 15 seasons (Chargers and Packers).

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Met Grogan at the Sam Adams tent at Gilletee, he signed my hat.. He was not drinking I might add

Met Troy Brown, at the pro shop this yr, shook his hand and wished him good luck against Buffalo.