Just when you think you have heard everything about legendary Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, you learn something more. He was named as one of the receivers on the NFL All-time team, but that isn’t what the great revelation was.
It is well-documented how he was a ball boy for the Minnesota Vikings when he was a teenager and that Vikings receivers Cris Carter and Randy Moss played an important role in his youth and his development.
It wasn’t just as a football player. Moss also lended a hand socially.
Fitzgerald borrowed Moss’ new car to go to prom.
He explained the story on NFL Network.
Moss would attend Fitzgerald’s high school football games. He supported him in many ways.
Moss had a brand-new, 1999 BMW 740 LI. “It was the coldest car out, and I had the courage to go ask him,” he recalled.
Fitzgerald said that Moss looked at him and asked him why is was asking him. “In his way, he told me yes,” he said, and continued to talk about Moss’ off-the-field work.
“The kind of stuff that this man did behind the scenes for people with no notoriety, no fanfare, was so inspirational to me,” he said. “I’m one of the many charity cases Randy looked out for.”
Moss clearly had a huge impact on Fitz on and off the field. He is one of the greatest players of all time and is incredible off the field, just like Moss was.
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