Gino Cappelletti Gino Cappelletti ( born March 26 , 1934 ) is a former American collegiate and Professional Football player . He played at the University of Minnesota , and was a star in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots . He was the 1964 American Football League Most Valuable Player , a member of the Patriots Hall of Fame and of their All - 1960s Team , the American Football League Hall of Fame , and was an announcer for the radio broadcasts of the Patriots ' games . His nickname is " Mr . Patriot " . College career . Cappelletti attended the University of Minnesota , finishing his career there in 1954 as quarterback , in addition to his placekicking duties . Gino kicked just one field goal in his college career . Professional Football career . Cappelletti played quarterback for the Sarnia Imperials of the ORFU in Canada during 1955 . He joined Toronto Balmy Beach in 1956 , but was drafted into the U . S . Army in mid - season , returning to Canada in 1958 . Cappelletti signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL , but was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders , later cut , and went back to the ORFU , leading the Sarnia Golden Bears ( the team changed its name in 1956 ) to the league championship . Eventually , and most notably , he played for the AFL ' s Boston Patriots from 1960 through 1970 and was the Patriots ' all - time leading scorer with 1 , 130 points ( 42 TDs , 176 FGs and 342 PATs ) , until December 5 , 2005 , when Adam Vinatieri kicked his second field goal of the game against the New York Jets . Cappelletti led the American Football League in scoring five times and led or tied the NFL in scoring 5 times as well . He had two of the top five scoring seasons in pro football history – 155 points in 1964 and 147 points in 1961 ( 14 - game seasons ) . Nicknamed the " Duke " , he is the all - time leading scorer in the American Football League . Cappelletti is among the AFL ' s all - time top ten receivers , in yards and in receptions . He is the Patriots ' third all - time leading receiver with 292 catches for 4 , 589 yards , and has attempted more field goals ( 334 ) than any other player in team history . During his pro career , he also returned punts and kickoffs , played defensive back , and even had one pass completion , for a touchdown . He holds the Professional Football record for most touchdowns in Saturday games ( 10 ) . The Wide Receiver / Quarterback relationship of Gino Cappelletti and Babe Parilli was nicknamed " Grand Opera . " Cappelletti was the American Football League ' s Most Valuable Player in 1964 , and a five - time AFL All - Star . He is one of only twenty players who were in the American Football League for its entire ten - year existence , and one of three who played in every game their teams played in the AFL . He was the 2nd AFL Player to have 3 interceptions ( of Tom Flores ) in a regular season game . He had a 37 yard kickoff return in the Patriots 37 - 21 loss to the Houston Oilers on 12 - 18 - 60 . He completed a 2 point pass to " Cowboy " Jim Crawford in the Patriots 35 - 0 shutout of the Los Angeles Chargers on 10 - 08 - 60 . Gino completed a 27 yard fake field goal touchdown pass to Larry Garron in the Patriots 37 - 30 loss to the New York Titans on 10 - 01 - 61 . He ran for three 2 point conversions and caught a pass for a 2 point conversion as well . Cappelletti ran from the backfield for a 2 yard gain in the Patriots 41 - 10 loss to the Oakland Raiders on 10 - 06 - 68 . He advanced a lateral from Jim Colclough ( who had just caught a 37 yard pass ) 14 yards before lateraling the ball to Ron Burton who advanced it another 7 yards in the Patriots 43 - 43 tie with the Oakland Raiders at Fenway Park on 10 - 16 - 64 . He ran for a 4 yard gain on a wide receiver reverse in the Patriots 12 - 7 win over the Denver Broncos at Fenway Park on 11 - 20 - 64 . Cappelletti caught a pass for a 2 point conversion and scored 24 points in the Patriots 36 - 28 win over the 1964 AFL Champion Buffalo Bills on 11 - 15 - 64 . Gino scored 21 points in their 33 - 28 win over the 1963 AFL Champion San Diego Chargers on 09 - 20 - 64 . He scored 18 points or more in a game 10 times and scored at least 20 points in a game 8 times . He set the AFL record by scoring 28 points in a game in the Patriots 42 - 14 rout of the Houston Oilers on 12 - 18 - 65 . He averaged 9 . 5 points per game over a 6 - year period . ( The Patriots record was 47 - 29 - 8 over these 6 seasons ) No other Professional Football player has averaged more points per game over a 6 - year period ; and he averaged 7 . 5 points per game over an 11 - year period , while no other player has averaged more points per game over an 11 - year period . Cappelletti accounted for at least 34 % of his teams total points scored over an 8 - year period . No other Professional Football player has done that . Cappelletti is tied with Lance Alworth for the most career points scored in AFL All Star Games , and is the only player in Professional Football history to run for a 2 - point conversion , throw a pass for a 2 - point conversion , catch a pass , intercept a pass and return a punt and a kickoff in the same season . He kicked 6 field goals ( without a miss ) in the Patriots 39 - 10 rout of the Denver Broncos on 10 - 04 - 64 . He was 1 of only 2 AFL kickers to kick at least 4 field goals in a game for 3 consecutive games . He kicked the longest field goal in the AFL in consecutive seasons . He kicked 12 field goals with less than 30 seconds to go in the 1st half and kicked 4 game winning field goals and 1 game tying field goal . He led the AFL with the best field goal percentage in 1965 . Gino Cappelletti is the All - Time Points leader in AFL history . One of his three sons - in - law is ex - Boston College and Chicago Bears standout Tom Waddle . In 1984 , Cappelletti was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame . In spite of his star quality , his numerous records , his all - around skills and his uniqueness , like other worthy American Football League players he is still continually passed over by the selectors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame . Broadcasting . Gino Cappelletti worked alongside Gil Santos as a color commentator for the Patriots ' radio broadcasts on the New England Patriots Radio Network ( in the 1988 - 90 period he worked alongside Dale Arnold ) . Gino is also famous for being the color commentator of the Boston College Eagles during the 1984 game between the University of Miami and Boston College yelling " He got it ! , He got it ! , I don ' t believe it ! " . On July 20 , 2012 Cappelletti announced he was retiring from broadcasting .