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{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1930–2017)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name         = Vito "Babe" Parilli
| image        = Babe Parilli - 1952 Bowman Large.jpg
| caption      = 1952 Bowman football card
| number       = 15, 18, 26, 10
| position     = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1930|5|7}}
| birth_place  = [[Rochester, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2017|07|15|1930|5|7}}
| death_place  = [[Parker, Colorado]], U.S.
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 1
| weight_lb    = 196
| high_school  = [[Rochester Area High School (Pennsylvania)|Rochester]]
| college      = [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]
| draftyear    = 1952
| draftround   = 1
| draftpick    = 4
| pastteams    = 
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1952|1953}})
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ({{NFL Year|1956}})
* Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1957|1958}})
* [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] ({{CFL Year|1959}})
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ([[1960 American Football League season|1960]])
* [[History of the New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]] ([[1961 American Football League season|1961]]–[[1967 American Football League season|1967]])
* [[New York Jets]] ([[1968 American Football League season|1968]]–[[1969 American Football League season|1969]])
| pastcoaching = 
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ({{NFL Year|1973}}) <br> Quarterbacks
* [[New York Stars (WFL)|New York Stars]] ([[1974 WFL season|1974]]) <br> Head coach
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1977|1979}}) <br> Quarterbacks
* [[New England Patriots]] ({{NFL Year|1981}}) <br> Quarterbacks
* [[Denver Gold]] ({{USFL Year|1984}}) <br> Offensive coordinator
* [[New England Steamrollers]] ({{AFL Year|1988}}) <br> Head coach
* [[Denver Dynamite (arena football)|Denver Dynamite]] ({{AFL Year|1989}}–{{AFL Year|1991}}) <br> Head coach
* [[Charlotte Rage]] ({{AFL Year|1992}}) <br> Head coach
* [[Las Vegas Sting]] ({{AFL Year|1994}}–{{AFL Year|1995}}) <br> Head coach
* [[Anaheim Piranhas]] ({{AFL Year|1996}})
* [[Florida Bobcats]] ({{AFL Year|1997}}) <br> Head coach
| highlights   = 
* [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl III|III]])
* [[AFL Championship Game|AFL champion]] ([[1968 American Football League Championship Game|1968]])
* [[National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award|AFL Comeback Player of the Year]] (1966)
* [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots All-1960s Team]]
* [[New England Patriots#Patriots Hall of Fame|New England Patriots Hall of Fame]]
* First-team [[All-AFL]] ([[American Football League All-League Teams|1964]])
* 3× [[American Football League All-Star game|AFL All-Star]]<!-- selection--> (1963, 1964, 1966)
* [[List of National Football League annual pass completion percentage leaders#American Football League|AFL completion percentage leader]] (1961)
* [[List of National Football League annual passing yards leaders#AFL annual passing yards leaders|AFL passing yards leader]] (1964)
* [[List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders#AFL annual passing touchdowns leaders|AFL passing touchdowns leader]] (1964)
* 1966 [[AFL All-Star Game MVP]]
* 2× Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1950 College Football All-America Team|1950]], [[1951 College Football All-America Team|1951]])
* [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Player of the Year|SEC Player of the Year]] (1950)
* 2× First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1950 All-SEC football team|1950]], [[1951 All-SEC football team|1951]])
* Second-team All-SEC ([[1949 All-SEC football team|1949]])
* Inducted into KY Pro Football HOF (2004)
| statlabel1   = Pass attempts
| statvalue1   = 3,330
| statlabel2   = Pass completions
| statvalue2   = 1,552
| statlabel3   = Percentage
| statvalue3   = 46.6
| statlabel4   = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4   = 178–220
| statlabel5   = Passing yards
| statvalue5   = 22,681
| statlabel6   = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6   = 59.6
| pfr          = PariBa00 
| CollegeHOF   = 1783 
}}

'''Vito '''"'''Babe'''"''' Parilli''' (May 7, 1930 – July 15, 2017) was an American professional [[gridiron football|football]] [[quarterback]] and coach who played for 18 seasons. Parilli played five seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), 10 in the [[American Football League]] (AFL), and three in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky Wildcats]], twice receiving consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] honors and winning two consecutive [[bowl game]]s.

Parilli achieved his greatest professional success in the AFL as the starting quarterback of the [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]] from 1961 to 1967. He earned three [[American Football League All-Star game|All-Star Game]] selections, while leading the Patriots to their only AFL postseason and championship game appearance in [[1963 American Football League Championship Game|1963]]. Present for the entirety of the AFL's existence, Parilli played his final seasons for the [[New York Jets]] and was part of the team that won a [[Super Bowl]] title in [[Super Bowl III]]. After retiring as a player, he served as a coach in the NFL, [[World Football League]] (WFL), and [[Arena Football League]] (AFL) from 1973 to 1997. He was inducted to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1982.

==Early life==
Parilli was born and raised in [[Rochester, Pennsylvania]], an industrial town northwest of [[Pittsburgh]], Parilli graduated from [[Rochester Area High School (Pennsylvania)|Rochester High School]] in 1948.

==College career==
Parilli played [[college football]] at the [[Kentucky Wildcats football|University of Kentucky]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], and was a [[quarterback]] for the Wildcats under head coach [[Bear Bryant|Paul "Bear" Bryant]]. He was a consensus [[All-America]]n in [[1950 College Football All-America Team|1950]] and [[1951 College Football All-America Team|1951]] and was fourth in the [[Heisman Trophy]] voting in [[1950 college football season|1950]] and third in [[1951 college football season|1951]]. He led the Wildcats to victories in consecutive [[New Year's Day]] [[bowl game]]s in the [[1951 Sugar Bowl]] and [[1952 Cotton Bowl Classic|1952 Cotton Bowl]].

===Statistics===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2|Season !! colspan=6|Passing
|-
!Comp !! Att !! Yards !! Comp% !! TD !! INT
|-
| [[1949 college football season|1949]]
| 81 || 150 || 1081 || 54.0 || 8 || 13
|-
| [[1950 college football season|1950]]
| 114 || 203 || 1627 || 56.2 || 23 || 12
|-
| [[1951 college football season|1951]]
| 136 || 239 || 1643 || 56.9 || 19 || 12
|-
! Career total
! 331 || 592 || 4351 || 55.9 || 50 || 37
|}

==Football career==
===Early years===
Parilli was the fourth overall selection of the [[1952 NFL draft]], taken by the [[1952 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]. 
He played two seasons with the Packers and was then drafted into the [[United States Air Force]] and to the [[Cleveland Browns]]. Fulfilling his ROTC commitment, he became a lieutenant in the Air Force and, like a lot of other pros, played service football. When his service was over he played a season with the [[1956 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] in [[1956 Cleveland Browns season|1956]], two more with the Packers, and another with [[Ottawa Rough Riders|Ottawa]] in [[1959 Ottawa Rough Riders season|1959]].

===AFL===
At age 30, Parilli was picked up by the [[1960 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] of the fledgling [[American Football League]] on August 17, [[1960 Oakland Raiders season|1960]],<ref name=pjordrs>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WUYqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ik4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5726%2C425785 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |agency=UPI |title=Parilli joins Oakland Raiders |date=August 17, 1960 |page=45}}</ref> and threw for just over 1,000 yards that season.

On April 4, 1961, he was part of a five-player trade that sent him to the [[1961 Boston Patriots season|Boston Patriots]],<ref name=mjpistp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3DoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3yYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7080%2C3916253 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=press dispatches |title=Parilli is swapped to Boston Patriots |date=April 6, 1961 |page=14, part 2 }}</ref><ref name=otrptpat>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_RIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=apwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5212%2C2143893 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |location=Pennsylvania |agency=Associated Press |title=Oakland trades Parilli to Patriots |date=April 5, 1961 |page=47 }}</ref> and he went on to become one of the AFL's most productive and colorful players.  Playing for the Patriots from [[1961 Boston Patriots season|1961]] through [[1967 Boston Patriots season|1967]], Parilli finished his career with over 25,000 total yards and 200 touchdowns, ending among the top five quarterbacks in 23 categories such as passing yards, passing touchdowns and rushing yards. Parilli was selected for three [[American Football League All-Star games|All-Star Games]]. In [[1964 Boston Patriots season|1964]], throwing primarily to [[Gino Cappelletti]], Parilli amassed nearly 3,500 yards passing with 31 touchdowns; the latter was a Patriots record until [[Tom Brady]] broke it in [[2007 New England Patriots season|2007]]. During that season's contest against the [[1964 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] on October 16, he threw for 422 yards and four touchdown passes in a 43–43 tie. Parilli is a member of the Patriots All-1960s (AFL) Team.

Parilli completed his career with the [[1968 New York Jets season|New York Jets]], where he earned a ring as [[Joe Namath]]'s backup in [[Super Bowl III]], when the Jets stunned the [[1968 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]] by a 16–7 score. Coincidentally, this gave the Jets two quarterbacks from Pennsylvania's [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Beaver County]], with Parilli being from Rochester and Namath being from nearby [[Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania|Beaver Falls]]. In addition, both played for "Bear" Bryant in college, as Namath played at [[1964 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]. In 1967, it was discovered by ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine that Parilli and several other professional athletes were regular patrons of [[Patriarca crime family]] mobster Arthur Ventola's major fencing operation called Arthur's Farm in [[Revere, Massachusetts]]. Despite the organized crime connection, journalist [[Howie Carr]] stated that there was never any inside information passed between Parilli and Ventola. Arthur was the uncle of mob associate [[Richard Castucci]].

Besides his considerable skills as a quarterback, he was one of the best holders in the history of football and was nicknamed "gold-finger" as a result of kicker Jim Turner's then-record 145 points kicked in [[1968 New York Jets season|1968]] (plus another 19 points in the play-offs and in [[Super Bowl III]]). He is one of only 20 players who were in the American Football League for its entire ten-year existence, and is a member of the [[Kentucky Wildcats|University of Kentucky Athletic]] Hall of Fame. In 1982, Parilli was named to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Babe Parilli (1982) |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1783 |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=National Football Foundation}}</ref>

Because of their [[Italian Americans|Italian]] surnames, the Patriots' wide receiver-quarterback duo of Cappelletti and Parilli was nicknamed "[[Grand Opera]]."

Parilli retired as a player at the age of 40 in August [[1970 New York Jets season|1970]].<ref name=brretfpf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lk4fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=odEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3999%2C6829840 |newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Babe Parilli retires from pro football |date=August 30, 1970 |page=1C }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|
| Won the [[Super Bowl]]
|-
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league
|-
| style="width:3em;"|'''Bold'''
| Career high
|-
| style="width:3em;"|<u>Underline</u>
| Incomplete data
|}

===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="3"| Games
! colspan="9"| Passing
! colspan="5"| Rushing
! colspan="2"| Sacked
! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|Fum|Fumbles}}
|-
! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} !! {{abbr|GS|Games started}} !! {{abbr|Record|Record as a starting quarterback}} !! {{abbr|Cmp|Passes completed}} !! {{abbr|Att|Passes attempted}} !! {{abbr|Pct|Completion percentage}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Passing yards}} !! {{abbr|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest pass completion}} !! {{abbr|TD|Passing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Int|Passing interceptions}} !! {{abbr|Rtg|Passer rating}} !! {{abbr|Att|Rushing attempts}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Rushing yards}} !! {{abbr|Y/A|Yards per rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Sck|Times sacked}} !! {{abbr|SckY|Yards lost due to sacks}}
|-
! [[1952 NFL season|1952]] !! [[1952 Green Bay Packers season|GB]]
| 12 || 4 || 2–2 || 77 || 177 || 43.5 || 1,416 || 8.0 || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''90''' || 13 || 17 || 56.6 || 32 || 106 || 3.3 || 19 || 1 || — || 127 || 4
|-
! [[1953 NFL season|1953]] !! [[1953 Green Bay Packers season|GB]]
| 12 || 5 || 0–5 || 74 || 166 || 44.6 || 830 || 5.0 || 45 || 4 || 19 || 28.5 || 42 || 171 || 4.1 || 19 || 4 || — || 161 || '''8'''
|-
! [[1956 NFL season|1956]] !! [[1956 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]
| 5 || 3 || 1–2 || 24 || 49 || 49.0 || 409 || '''8.3''' || 68 || 3 || 7 || 58.5 || 18 || 65 || 3.6 || 19 || 0 || — || 63 || 4
|-
! [[1957 NFL season|1957]] !! [[1957 Green Bay Packers season|GB]]
| 12 || 1 || 0–1 || 39 || 102 || 38.2 || 669 || 6.6 || 75 || 4 || 12 || 34.8 || 24 || 83 || 3.5 || 20 || 2 || — || 125 || 3
|-
! [[1958 NFL season|1958]] !! [[1958 Green Bay Packers season|GB]]
| 12 || 4 || 1–3 || 68 || 157 || 43.3 || 1,068 || 6.8 || 80 || 10 || 13 || 53.3 || 8 || 15 || 1.9 || 5 || 0 || — || 89 || 4
|-
! [[1960 American Football League season|1960]] !! [[1960 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]]
| '''14''' || 1 || 1–0 || 87 || 187 || 46.5 || 1,003 || 5.4 || 49 || 5 || 11 || 47.6 || 21 || 131 || '''6.2''' || 16 || 1 || 11 || 106 || 3
|-
! [[1961 American Football League season|1961]] !! [[1961 Boston Patriots season|BOS]]
| '''14''' || 8 || 6–2 || 104 || 198 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 52.5 || 1,314 || 6.6 || 53 || 13 || 9 || 76.5 || 38 || 183 || 4.8 || 24 || 4 || 15 || 118 || 2
|-
! [[1962 American Football League season|1962]] !! [[1962 Boston Patriots season|BOS]]
| 10 || 10 || 6–3–1 || 140 || 253 || 55.3 || 1,988 || 7.9 || 67 || 18 || 8 || 91.5 || 28 || 169 || 6.0 || '''33''' || 2 || 10 || 68 || 6
|-
! [[1963 American Football League season|1963]] !! [[1963 Boston Patriots season|BOS]]
| '''14''' || 13 || 7–5–1 || 153 || 337 || 45.4 || 2,345 || 7.0 || 77 || 13 || 24 || 52.1 || 36 || 126 || 3.5 || 19 || '''5''' || 26 || 200 || 7
|-
! [[1964 American Football League season|1964]] !! [[1964 Boston Patriots season|BOS]]
| '''14''' || '''14''' || '''10–3–1''' || '''228''' || '''473''' || 48.2 || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''3,465''' || 7.3 || 80 || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''31''' || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''27''' || 70.8 || 34 || 168 || 4.9 || 32 || 2 || 27 || 279 || 7
|-
! [[1965 American Football League season|1965]] !! [[1965 Boston Patriots season|BOS]]
| '''14''' || 13 || 4–8–1 || 173 || 426 || 40.6 || 2,597 || 6.1 || 73 || 18 || 26 || 50.0 || '''50''' || '''200''' || 4.0 || 17 || 0 || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''35''' || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''334''' || '''8'''
|-
! [[1966 American Football League season|1966]] !! [[1966 Boston Patriots season|BOS]]
| '''14''' || '''14''' || 8–4–2 || 181 || 382 || 47.4 || 2,721 || 7.1 || 63 || 20 || 20 || 66.9 || 28 || 42 || 1.5 || 17 || 1 || 22 || 189 || '''8'''
|-
! [[1967 American Football League season|1967]] !! [[1967 Boston Patriots season|BOS]]
| '''14''' || 11 || 3–7–1 || 161 || 344 || 46.8 || 2,317 || 6.7 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 79 || 19 || 24 || 58.5 || 14 || 61 || 4.4 || 18 || 0 || 29 || 250 || 4
|-
! [[1968 American Football League season|1968]] !! style="background:#afe6ba;"|[[1968 New York Jets season|NYJ]]
| '''14''' || 0 || — || 29 || 55 || 52.7 || 401 || 7.3 || 47 || 5 || 2 || '''91.6''' || 7 || −2 || −0.3 || 10 || 1 || 3 || 23 || 3
|-
! [[1969 American Football League season|1969]] !! [[1969 New York Jets season|NYJ]]
| '''14''' || 0 || — || 14 || 24 || '''58.3''' || 138 || 5.8 || 29 || 2 || 1 || 85.1 || 3 || 4 || 1.3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PariBa00.htm Career] !! 189 !! 101 !! 49–45–7 !! 1,552 !! 3,330 !! 46.6 !! 22,681 !! 6.8 !! 90 !! 178 !! 220 !! 59.6 !! 383 !! 1,522 !! 4.0 !! 33 !! 23 !! <u>178</u> !! 2,132 !! 71
|}

===Postseason===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="3"| Games
! colspan="9"| Passing
! colspan="5"| Rushing
! colspan="2"| Sacked
! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|Fum|Fumbles}}
|-
! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} !! {{abbr|GS|Games started}} !! {{abbr|Record|Record as a starting quarterback}} !! {{abbr|Cmp|Passes completed}} !! {{abbr|Att|Passes attempted}} !! {{abbr|Pct|Completion percentage}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Passing yards}} !! {{abbr|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest pass completion}} !! {{abbr|TD|Passing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Int|Passing interceptions}} !! {{abbr|Rtg|Passer rating}} !! {{abbr|Att|Rushing attempts}} !! {{abbr|Yds|Rushing yards}} !! {{abbr|Y/A|Yards per rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|Lng|Longest rushing attempt}} !! {{abbr|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} !! {{abbr|Sck|Times sacked}} !! {{abbr|SckY|Yards lost due to sacks}}
|-
! [[1963 American Football League Championship Game|1963]] !! [[1963 Boston Patriots season|BOS]]
| '''2''' || '''2''' || '''1–1''' || '''28''' || '''64''' || '''43.8''' || '''489''' || '''7.6''' || '''59''' || '''2''' || '''2''' || '''67.8''' || '''2''' || '''10''' || '''5.0''' || '''10''' || '''0''' || '''7''' || '''50''' || '''1'''
|-
! [[1968 American Football League Championship Game|1968]] !! style="background:#afe6ba;"|[[1968 New York Jets season|NYJ]]
| '''2''' || 0 || — || 0 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 39.6 || 0 || 0 || — || 0 || '''0''' || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PariBa00/gamelog/post/ Career] !! 4 !! 2 !! 1–1 !! 28 !! 65 !! 43.1 !! 489 !! 7.5 !! 59 !! 2 !! 2 !! 66.8 !! 2 !! 10 !! 5.0 !! 10 !! 0 !! 7 !! 50 !! 1
|}

==Coaching career==
In 1974, Parilli became the head coach of the [[New York Stars (WFL)|New York Stars]] of the [[World Football League]]; after going bankrupt, the franchise moved to [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] mid-season. The next year, he was tabbed as coach of the WFL's [[Chicago Winds]], and briefly seemed to have a chance to coach his old teammate, [[Joe Namath]]. But Namath turned Chicago down, and Parilli was replaced in late July after only two pre-season games. (The Winds would play only five regular-season contests before folding, and the rest of the WFL would collapse a few months later.) Parilli would later coach in the [[Arena Football League]], helming the [[New England Steamrollers]], [[Denver Dynamite (arena football)|Denver Dynamite]], [[Charlotte Rage]], [[Las Vegas Sting]], [[Anaheim Piranhas]] and [[Florida Bobcats]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=coaches&coach=29 | title=Babe Parilli | publisher=arenafan.com | access-date=December 19, 2014}}</ref>

==Death==
Parilli died on July 15, 2017, in [[Parker, Colorado]] of [[multiple myeloma]] at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/sports/football/babe-parilli-dead.html|title=Babe Parilli Dies at 87; Standout Quarterback With 'Houdini Hands'|work=The New York Times |date=July 15, 2017|access-date=April 7, 2018|via=NYTimes.com|last1=Litsky |first1=Frank }}</ref>

==Honors==
Parilli was elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1982.<ref name=pmahof>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JaUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q9YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2843%2C885745 |newspaper=Gadsden Times |location=Alabama |agency=Associated Press |title=Parilli, Meredith among hall of fame inductees |date=February 7, 1982 |page=39 }}</ref> On November 15, 2014, he was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nashvillesportsmix.com/2014/11/babe-parilli-inducted-into-national-italian-american-sports-hall-of-fame/|title=Nashvillesportsmix.com|website=nashvillesportsmix.com|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-date=April 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073444/http://nashvillesportsmix.com/2014/11/babe-parilli-inducted-into-national-italian-american-sports-hall-of-fame/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders]]
*[[List of American Football League players|Other American Football League players]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.patriotshalloffame.com/hall_of_famer/vito-babe-parilli/ New England Patriots bio]
* [http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=parilbab001 Stats Crew - playing]
* [http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?coach_id=parilbab001 Stats Crew - coaching]

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