BEFORE WE UNVEIL THIS STATUE, I’D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW DETAILS. WE HAD NUMEROUS SCULPTORS EAGER TO TAKE ON THIS PROJECT, BUT WE WANTED SOMEONE WHOSE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND PASSION FOR THE PATRIOTS MATCHED THE MAGNITUDE OF THE STATUE. WE CHOSE. WE CHOSE JEFF BOCCACCIO, A NEW ENGLAND NATIVE WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN FINE ARTS, SCULPTING. A LIFELONG PATRIOTS FAN, JEFF AND HIS CREW INVESTED MORE THAN 20,000 HOURS TO PERFECT THIS STATUE, AND THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. IN MY OPINION. SOME OF THE ICONIC NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH TOM BRADY’S PATRIOTS CAREER ARE 12. SIX AND 17. HIS UNIFORM NUMBER IS SUPER BOWL TITLES, AND HIS DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS. THOSE ENDED UP BEING NUMBERS USED FOR SOME OF THE STATUES MEASUREMENTS. FIRST, I WANTED THE STATUE TO BE LARGER THAN LIFE, JUST LIKE TOMMY IS, AND I ASK THAT IT STAND 12FT TALL. THE GRANITE BASE WAS QUARRIED IN VERMONT. THE SHAPE REPRESENTS THE SIX SUPER BOWL. CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT TOM BRADY HELPED TO DELIVER TO THE SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES. OVERALL, IT IS 17FT TALL, REPRESENTING HIS 17 AFC EAST DIVISION TITLES IN 18 YEARS, MORE THAN THE RECORD AND RINGS. TOM GAVE US MOMENTS THAT FELT TIMELESS. SUNDAYS BECAME SACRED. FAMILIES GATHERED, GENERATIONS SHARED TOGETHER. TOM AND THE PATRIOTS BROUGHT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND BROUGHT GREAT PRIDE TO PATRIOTS NATION. TOMMY, YOU HAVE NOT ONLY ETCHED YOUR NAME IN NFL HISTORY, YOU’VE ETCHED IN ALL OUR HEARTS. AND NOW YOUR LIKENESS WILL FOREVER STAND TALL HERE AT GILLETTE STADIUM. JUST LIKE YOU DID STANDIN
Tom Brady’s place in Patriot Nation was immortalized Friday when a bronze statue was unveiled Friday outside Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.The 12-foot statue that portrays Brady with a fist in the air, holding his helmet in his other hand, sits on a 5-foot base, which is shaped to represent the six Super Bowl championships that Brady helped the Patriots win. Iconic numbers associated with Brady’s Patriot career, 12, 6 and 17 — his uniform number, his Super Bowl titles and his division championships — used for some of statue’s measurements. “First, I wanted the statue to be larger than life, just like Tommy is,” Kraft said. “I asked that it stand 12 feet tall. The granite base was quarried in Vermont. The shape represents the six super bowl championships that Tom Brady helped to deliver to the six New England States. Overall, it is 17 feet tall, representing his 17 AFC East Division titles in 18 years,” Kraft said. Jeff Buccacio, a New England native and lifelong Patriots fan, and his crew created the sculpture, which took more than 20,000 hours to perfect.Video below: Watch full ceremony
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. —
Tom Brady’s place in Patriot Nation was immortalized Friday when a bronze statue was unveiled Friday outside Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
The 12-foot statue that portrays Brady with a fist in the air, holding his helmet in his other hand, sits on a 5-foot base, which is shaped to represent the six Super Bowl championships that Brady helped the Patriots win.
Iconic numbers associated with Brady’s Patriot career, 12, 6 and 17 — his uniform number, his Super Bowl titles and his division championships — used for some of statue’s measurements.
“First, I wanted the statue to be larger than life, just like Tommy is,” Kraft said. “I asked that it stand 12 feet tall. The granite base was quarried in Vermont. The shape represents the six super bowl championships that Tom Brady helped to deliver to the six New England States. Overall, it is 17 feet tall, representing his 17 AFC East Division titles in 18 years,” Kraft said.
Jeff Buccacio, a New England native and lifelong Patriots fan, and his crew created the sculpture, which took more than 20,000 hours to perfect.
Video below: Watch full ceremony