Gino Cappelletti

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Gino Cappelletti
Gino Capplletti kicking for the Boston Patriots
Date of birth	March 26, 1934
Place of birth	Keewatin, Minnesota
Position(s)	Wide Receiver, Placekicker
College	Minnesota
Career Highlights
Pro Bowls	AFL All-Star 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Awards	1964 UPI, AP, TSN AFL MVP
Retired #s	20
Records	AFL All-Time Scorer
Stats
Statistics	Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1955, 1957 1960-1969 1970	ORFU Sarnia Imperials AFL Boston Patriots NFL Boston Patriots

Gino Cappelletti (born March 26, 1934) is a former American college and professional football player, 1964 American Football League Most Valuable Player, member of the New England Patriots Hall of Fame, and present announcer for Patriots.

1 College and Canadian career
2 AFL and NFL career
3 Broadcasting
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] College and Canadian career

After attending the University of Minnesota, he played for the Sarnia Imperials of the ORFU in Canada during 1955. After a tour in the Army in 1956, Cappelletti signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL, but was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, later cut, and played for Sarnia again in 1957.

[edit] AFL and NFL career

Eventually, and most notably, he played for the Boston Patriots from 1960 through 1970 and was the Patriots' all-time leading scorer with 1,130 points (42 TDs, 176 FGs and 342 PATs), until December 5, 2005, when Adam Vinatieri kicked his second field goal of the game against the New York Jets.

Cappelletti led the American Football League in scoring five times and had two of the top five scoring seasons in pro football history – 155 points in 1964 and 147 points in 1961 (14-game seasons). Nicknamed the "Duke", he is the all-time leading scorer in the American Football League. Cappelletti is among the AFL's all-time top ten receivers, in yards and in receptions. He is the Patriots' third all-time leading receiver with 292 catches for 4,589 yards, and has attempted more field goals (334) than any other palyer in team history. During his pro career, he also returned punts and kickoffs, played defensive back, and even had one pass completion, for a touchdown.

The placekicker-holder duo of Cappelletti and Babe Parilli was nicknamed "Grand Opera."

Cappelletti was the American Football League's Most Valuable Player in 1964, and a five-time AFL All-Star. He is one of only twenty players who were in the American Football League for its entire ten-year existence, and one of three who played in every game their teams played in the AFL.