According to recent information on him his grandfather was German. A large percentage of the United States ancestors were Northern European from 1620 to recent time. His actual ethnicity could be said to be American like so many others.
New England Patriots. The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division.
With the first pick in the 1993 NFL Draft, the Patriots selected quarterback Drew Bledsoe from Washington State. This was only part of a major season of change in New England. Other draft picks such as linebacker Chris Slade helped the team immediately.he following winter, locals submitted thousands of ideas for the Boston football team's official name. Sullivan chose Boston Patriots, which was suggested by 74 fans, among them Larry Kepnes. Immediately thereafter, artist Phil Bissell developed the Pat Patriot logo.