The New England Patriots announced on Saturday that former Patriots quarterback Vito "Babe" Parilli died at the age of 87.
Parilli played professionally for 15 years, seven of them (1961-67) with the then-Boston Patriots. He was originally drafted with the No. 4 overall selection in the 1952 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, with whom he spent four of the first five NFL seasons of his career. He played the 1954 and 1955 seasons in Canada, then moved to the Cleveland Browns in 1956 before returning to Green Bay a year later.