In the spirit of March brackets, Boston.com launched its own: Voting to decide who is Boston’s greatest-ever athlete. The #GOATMadness bracket carries a full 64-person field, so go vote.
Tom Brady elevated the New England Patriots to unparalleled heights, but the successful lineage traces back to the earliest days of the franchise.
The Boston Patriots played their first home game at Harvard Stadium in 1960. Gino Cappelletti was a rookie on that inaugural squad, an All-Star the next year, and the MVP three seasons later. The team’s history is studded with storied names like his, especially in the Brady-Belichick era, and Boston.