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Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

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Exhibit C, Sports, Patriots, Aaron Hernandez, The Gladiator, The Boston Globe, True Crime, News, Boston Globe

4.8 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Hernandez was an exceptional athlete from an early age, a star in his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut. His father was a charismatic ex-athlete still known by his high school nickname, “The King.” He ruled the Hernandez home through fear, and a strong opinion of how he believed his two sons were supposed to act. The long shadow of Aaron’s upbringing -- and his childhood secrets -- would hover over him his entire life.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to Gladiator, Aaron Hernandez, and Football Inc.
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0:09.0	A listener note, this episode contains some adult language in themes.
0:18.0	Before Aaron Hernandez became a star in the NFL, before he was on trial for murder, he was a kid growing up in Bristol, Connecticut.
0:26.0	Jeff Morgan, coached his high school football team.
0:29.0	He was a wide receiver at that time, his first year.
0:32.0	You know, he was unbelievably fast, and the body on him, he was almost like at the body of a senior.
0:39.0	He really wasn't a freshman.
0:41.0	Morgan was an assistant coach at Bristol Central during Aaron Hernandez's freshman and sophomore seasons, and he was a self-described disciplinarian.
0:50.0	And my philosophy was no swearing on a field.
0:53.0	And Hernandez is sophomore year. He broke that rule.
0:57.0	And like I said, that was a no-no in my book on the field.
1:01.0	So, I told him immediately, I said, one practice is over. Meet me on the hill.
1:06.0	All the players knew what that meant. The hill was next to the school.
1:10.0	Being ordered to run that bluff was a pretty typical punishment.
1:13.0	And one practice was over. All the other players went in, and they were laughing at him.
1:18.0	And he took off his helmet and his shoulder pads, and he got on his knees, and he said, please coach, don't make me run.
1:25.0	That's when Morgan pulled out his cell phone.
1:28.0	I said, if you don't start running, I'm calling your father.
1:32.0	So, then he took off up the hill.
1:35.0	To his coach, it showed respect. Hernandez's father seems strict.
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