9 Foot Wooden Bear

PA Shed Fan goes the extra mile and then some to support Patriots

How far would someone go to be the New England Patriots' "Pennsylvania Shed Fan of the Year"? How about driving 5 1/2 hours each way for nearly every home game in the last 32 years? That's what Swiftwater, Pa., resident Pat Noone has done to cheer on the Patriots at their home field in Foxborough, Mass. He has missed only two games since 1975. On Dec. 3, the team honored Noone for his loyalty at a ceremony at Gillette Stadium. Noone received the Joseph R. Mastrangelo Patriots "Pennsylvania Shed Fan of the Year" trophy in front of a crowd of about 70,000 before a game against Miami. "It was so cool to be standing there on the field with a full stadium," Noone told the Pocono Record. "The whole experience was one of the highlights of my life." Noone said he was nominated by a police officer from Norton, Mass., who happened to stop by a beer distributor where Noone once worked. The officer couldn't believe how many Patriots decorations there were, Noone said. He should have seen Noone's house. He has a 9-foot wooden bear dressed like a Patriot on his lawn and a room that is a replica of the Patriots' locker room -- complete with a urinal.

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