Pete Brock
12/9/2021
Pete Brock
Former Professional Football Player
Pete Brock was a 6’5” 275-pound center and guard who played twelve seasons and 154 games for the New England Patriots. Pete attended the University of Colorado where he was a first-team All-American by The Sporting News as a senior in 1975.
A first-round draft pick by New England in the 1976 NFL Draft; he was the 12th overall pick; it was the highest-ever a Colorado offensive lineman was selected in the draft at that time.
Although mainly a center, Pete played every offensive line position at one time or another during his years with the Patriots.
Pete was also the starting center for the Patriots in Super Bowl 20.
He was the recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award in 1985 and the NFL Lineman of the Year in 1986
Named to the Patriots’ All-Decade Team for the 1980s, Patriots Football Weekly named him a member of the Patriots Team of the Century … He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
Pete was an analyst on New England’s radio network for 20 seasons. Now in his 22nd year as the President of the Patriots’ Alumni Club, he is heavily involved in motivational speaking and productivity programs for people of all ages.
In 2018, Pete was honored and inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame, where he joined his younger brother, Stan.