Legendary Patriots player and broadcaster Gino Cappelletti is dead at 89, the team announced.
Cappelletti passed away Thursday morning with his family, per the team.
Cappelletti was a wide receiver and placekicker for the original Boston Patriots team in 1960. He was inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame in 1992.
“My heart aches after learning of Gino Cappelletti’s passing this morning,” Robert Kraft wrote in a statement released by the team. “For the first 51 years of this franchise’s history, Gino contributed as an all-star player, assistant coach and broadcaster. You couldn’t be a Patriots fan during that era and not be a fan of Gino’s.