Year Award and the Patriots recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award. Bruschi is a spokesman for the American Heart Association and founded Tedy's Team, a foundation to raise funds for stroke research, inspired by Bruschi's own experience. In 2007, Bruschi was named to NFL.com's All-Interview Team for accessibility to the media. In 2006, he won the Senator Paul E. Tsongas Award for Exemplary Public Service. In 2005, he was the Associated Press NFL Co-Comeback Player of the Year and was voted the Ed Block Courage Award, the Maxwell Football Club's Spirit Award and the AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 8) and NFL.com's All-Interview Team as well as USA Today's All-Joe Team. In 2004, he made the AFC Pro Bowl and Second-Team Associated Press All-Pro and was on NFL.com's All-Interview Team. Bruschi ran in the Boston Marathon in 2012 and 2019. On July 5, 2019, it was reported through his foundation, Tedy's Team, that Bruschi had suffered a second stroke. References External links New England Patriots bio Further reading 1973 births Living people All-American college football players American Conference Pro Bowl players American football middle linebackers American sports journalists American sportspeople of Filipino descent American people of Italian descent Arizona Wildcats football players College Football Hall of Fame inductees ESPN people National Football League announcers New England Patriots players People with congenital heart defects Players of American football from San Francisco Ed Block Courage Award recipients