BOSTON (WHDH) – Six of Boston’s most memorable athletes have been honored Tuesday night time throughout The Custom, the annual celebration of sports activities within the metropolis and a fundraising gala for The Sports activities Museum at TD Backyard.
A star-studded group acquired prestigious Legacy Awards this 12 months — together with PGA Champion Keegan Bradley for golf, Purple Sox AL MVP Fred Lynn for baseball, Olympic champion Gabby Thomas for monitor and discipline, two-time NBA All Star and former Celtic Isaiah Thomas for basketball, Stanley Cup Champion Tim Thomas for hockey, and two-time Superbowl Champion Vince Wilfork for soccer.
The night time started with a cocktail reception on the ground of TD Backyard, the place company loved meals and dialog. Following that, there was a talk-show model program the place all honorees shared in-depth, private tales about their careers.
Wilfork stated he felt the love through the occasion identical to he did all through his enjoying days in Foxboro.
“The followers at all times supported me, there with me from day one and all through my profession as a Patriot. That is for, that is for town,” Wilfork stated.
Tim Thomas is the recipient of this 12 months’s Hockey Legacy Award. He orchestrated one of many best playoff runs of all time in 2011, serving to the Bruins win their first Stanley Cup in 39 years.
“The whole lot has to return collectively so that you can win a Stanley Cup, and it did for us that 12 months,” Thomas stated. “People who lined all of the completely different roles, and having a success goalie helps us win a Stanley Cup too.”
All this 12 months’s acknowledged athletes wrote their very own distinctive chapter of their respective franchise’s historical past, and say they’re grateful for the chance to hitch this unique membership.
“That is for ‘titletown,’ that is for Boston, not only for me, for everyone that’s related in Boston. That is one thing that’s particular to all of us,” stated Wilfork.
“That is my hometown, that is my residence away from residence,” stated Fred Lynn. “Each time I come right here I really feel welcomed. I at all times inform the followers I by no means needed to depart, , I needed to play right here my entire profession.”
“The additional you get away out of your enjoying days, the extra the honors imply, so I’m very appreciative,” stated Tim Thomas.
The speak present program will probably be accessible to look at publicly on December 8.
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