Adam Vinatieri is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on December 28, 1972 in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. NFL placekicker known for his game-winning field goals with the Colts and the Patriots. He won three Super Bowl titles with the Patriots and one title with the Colts. He has held the record for most postseason points scored and most overtime field goals made.
He was teammates with Tom Brady on three Super Bowl-winning teams.
Adam Matthew Vinatieri (born December 28, 1972) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He has played in five Super Bowls: four with the New England Patriots and one with the Colts, winning with the Patriots in 2001, 2003, and 2004 and with the Colts in 2006. He holds the NFL record for most Super Bowl wins by a kicker.
When Vinatieri was five years old, his family moved to Rapid City, South Dakota. As a child, he struggled to read and enrolled in classes for children with learning disabilities. Vinatieri attended Central High School in Rapid City and was a letterman in football, wrestling, basketball, soccer, and track. In football, he earned first team All-State honors as a senior. He graduated from Central High School in 1991. Before starting as a kicker, Vinatieri was a quarterback and middle linebacker. When asked why he no longer played one of those positions, he replied, “I’m 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, and unfortunately the linebackers [in college] aren’t that small, and neither are the quarterbacks.”
He has two children, AJ and Allison, with his wife Valeri Vinatieri, whom he married in 2001.
