Patriots radio voice completes Boston Marathon to benefit Doug Flutie

New England Patriots fans surely celebrated the Boston Marathon returning to its original Patriots’ Day date for the first time in two years. As the world’s oldest and most recognized annual marathon, it was comforting for Boston natives that the races’s tradition made a comeback after a two-year hiatus.

To the best of our knowledge, no Patriots players participated in the race. With the offseason workout program getting started this week, any player would have risked getting scolded by Bill Belichick upon arrival for risking injury.

But what about Patriots media members? With free agency having cooled off and the draft still over a week away, did any beat writers, broadcaster or radio voice represent the city of Boston by running 26.2 miles through Massachusetts?

Actually, yes. Patriots radio voice Bob Socci completed the race. Even better? He raised money for the Doug Flutie Foundation in the process.

Patriots radio voice Bob Socci ran the Boston Marathon to benefit the Doug Flutie Foundation.

A Boston College legend and former Patriots quarterback, Flutie and his wife Laura founded the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism in 1997 in honor of their son, Dougie, who was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old.

The foundation has been an official charity partner of the Boston Marathon for multiple years running and works to support families affected by autism. Per the foundation’s website, the Fluties have helped over 10,000 families and distributed $14 million to families, schools, organizations and community partners since 1998.

Flutie himself has run the race on several occasions and even broke the five-hour mark during his last race in 2017. In doing so, he shaved off 15 minutes from his 2015 time and close to an hour (!) from his 2014 finish.

At 59 years old and having undergone six knee surgeries, the former Pro Bowl quarterback has understandably taken the last few years off.

Last year, Flutie shared his ambition to have the foundation and Boston Marathon form a long-term partnership. Given that Socci and countless others have participated in support of the Fluties and other families affected by autism, we like to think the annual race will continue sponsoring the charity.

"“I would love to see it be a long-term partnership, and we can continue to be the face of autism,” Flutie told CBS Boston before the 2021 race. “It’s something that has made me think about the possibility of maybe pushing Dougie for the Marathon. Maybe get him involved in that respect and be a big part of it.”"

Dougie getting involved? That settles it. We know what we’ll be rooting for this time next year.

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