Rob Gronkowski: Super Bowl Winner, World Record Holder
April 24th, 2021
Breaks world record.
Bucs’ foot-rubbing, car-littering tight end Rob Gronkowski has a fistful of rings to his name. Now, he’s sitting on top of the world.
While football may rule the sports landscape in America, where spring college games on TV pull more eyeballs than regular season baseball games and worthless preseason NFL games have more viewers than Stanley Cup Finals broadcasts, Gronk can now actually brag about something that may impress some rice farmer in Vietnam or a shepherd in Afghanistan.
Gronk broke the Guinness World Record mark for fielding the highest altitude football drop in history.
Gronk, who played for Arizona in college, returned to the Tuscon campus today to be a celebrity coach in the Wildcats’ spring football game along with fellow alumnus Tedy Bruschi. But there was more: Gronk decided to try to catch a football dropped from a chopper hovering above the Arizona Stadium field.
On the third attempt, Gronk reached from his college past, made sure to bear down and caught the ball.
And he celebrated with a Gronkspike. Of course he did.
Life is good for Gronk. He is a Super Bowl champion (again), goes home to Camille Kostek (Ira never heard of her until last week — talk about out of touch! C’mon, Ira!) and is now a proud holder of a world record.
.@RobGronkowski returns in style for his last catch in Arizona Stadium! @CoachJeddFisch @GWR #BearDown #ItsPersonal pic.twitter.com/7jqCqyL9lg
— Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall) April 24, 2021
April 24th, 2021 at 4:05 pm
Yeah baby!
April 24th, 2021 at 4:12 pm
Gronk has the best job in the world. Being Gronk. Lol
April 24th, 2021 at 5:18 pm
Can you remember two FAs coming in and making a team instantly popular?……Brady & Gronk……so glad we got both.
April 24th, 2021 at 5:19 pm
Glad he didn’t break his hand.
April 24th, 2021 at 5:57 pm
When I grow up I want to be Gronk. Life is good!!! Under his mattress is all the money he made from playing football, NEVER spent a penny. Lives off endorsements.
April 24th, 2021 at 6:32 pm
What a character. Everyone wants to be like Gronk.
April 24th, 2021 at 7:39 pm
I want Gronk to adopt me.
April 24th, 2021 at 7:56 pm
Gronk is having more fun that can possibly be legally allowed. Love it.
April 24th, 2021 at 8:07 pm
Did Joe just inadvertently answer why worthless preseason football games haven’t completely disappeared yet in this article!?
April 24th, 2021 at 8:28 pm
Gronk catch ball! Gronk spike ball! Woohoo!!!!
April 24th, 2021 at 8:59 pm
Gronky Kong
April 24th, 2021 at 9:50 pm
I know we need impact now…in the draft…but baby gronk freiermuth has always been on my radar….but since it looks like we’re keeping oj, i stopped lobbying for him…impact NOW, i get it.
April 24th, 2021 at 9:59 pm
How can you even track that ball?
April 24th, 2021 at 11:56 pm
Gronk was fun to watch last season–he had a healthy season, good to see him without the braces and harnesses etc
April 25th, 2021 at 6:02 pm
Awesome….dude knows how to have fun. I like when he got pissed at himself, then calmed down….frustration and anger leads to confusion…just relax a little….then it happens