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The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Since their founding in 1960 as the Boston Patriots, over 1,000 players, including 10 Pro Football Hall of Famers have played for the team. [1] Of those players, eight have had their uniform numbers officially retired by the organization. [2]
A handful of players who had notable careers for multiple teams have had their numbers retired by each team. [12] Frank Robinson's #20 was retired by the Reds, Orioles and the then-Indians. Rod Carew's #29 was retired by the Twins and Angels. Hank Aaron's #44 was retired by the Braves and Brewers.
This timeline includes all franchises (including non-defunct franchises) that played in the AL or NL after 1891; it also shows the eleven historical leagues during the period in which each is considered a major league by Major League Baseball. Only major and recent name changes are marked in blue. Franchise moves are marked in black.
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) or American Football League (AFL) for the New England Patriots franchise. This list is accurate through the end of the 2024 NFL season.
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Note: Team names are given here according to the convention used by The Baseball Encyclopedia, which regularized them into the familiar form of modern team names. However, most teams in the early period had no name, aside from that of the club (as in "Hartford Base Ball Club" or "Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia"), and nicknames like ...
Prior to joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020, Rob Gronkowski played nine productive years for the New England Patriots. He made four All-Pro First Teams and won three Super Bowls during that ...
Three players in the major North American sports leagues have had their numbers retired by all teams in their respective leagues, those being Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, Wayne Gretzky, arguably by many as the greatest hockey player in NHL history, [20] [21] and Bill Russell, the most successful player in NBA history in terms of total ...