The Patriots once invited President Kennedy to join the team
It’s an NFL truism that Tom Brady could turn anybody, even you and your pals, into a Super Bowl-contending receiving corps. But what about a former touch football star with a bad back?
On Twitter, historian Michael Beschloss shared the following 1961 letter from the “Boston Patriots Football Club” inviting President John Kennedy to join the team:
“We are desperately in need of fine receivers,” then-coach Lou Saban wrote, “and wondered if you would desire to fill the bill.” Patriots needing receivers? Man, the more things change …
Anyway, the letter from Saban (no relation to Alabama’s head coach Nick) was merely a bit of politicking, inviting JFK to attend a game and supporting Kennedy in his “battle for democracy and freedom.” And there’s the difference between the Patriots’ 1961 coach and its 2015 one: Bill Belichick has probably sent the White House detailed playbooks for defeating every enemy, sooner or later.
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