During his decade-long NFL career, Martin Gramatica kicked for 4 completely different groups.
Gramatica final appeared in an NFL recreation in 2008, the second yr of his two-year stint with the New Orleans Saints.
Now 49, Gramatica opened up about his previous throughout a sitdown with TMZ to debate his memoir, “Beyond The Uprights: The Intimate Memoir Of Martin Gramatica.”
Gramatica opened up about what he skilled throughout his childhood, notably the tense relationship he had along with his father.
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Retired kicker Martin Gramatica of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers watches pregame ceremonies throughout a recreation towards the San Francisco 49ers Dec. 15, 2013, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images))
The Super Bowl-winning kicker described his father as “abusive”
“I had a really abusive father that I discuss,’ Gramatica informed the outlet.
But he confused he did not speak or write about his previous, in search of sympathy.
“I wish to be sure individuals do not learn the ebook and say, ‘Feel sorry for me,’ as a result of every part that I lived, it made me a greater individual and made me a greater father,” Gramatica stated.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Martin Gramatica runs out of the tunnel earlier than a recreation towards the Cleveland Browns at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 29, 2015. (Kim Klement/USA Today Sports)
Gramatica stated his father offered an instance of the kind of relationship he didn’t wish to have along with his personal youngsters.
“It made me know what to not do with my youngsters. I wish to be sure that if someone reads the ebook and realizes, ‘I want to interrupt this,’ and I would like someone to understand it earlier than once I did. I did not understand how dangerous it was till I had my first son when Nico was born.”
Nico Gramatica is a placekicker for the South Florida Bulls.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Martin Gramatica follows by means of on a first-quarter, 24-yard subject objective Aug. 23, 2003, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
Martin’s difficult relationship along with his father led to an settlement between Martin and his siblings.
“I like that child a lot that you simply’re pondering, ‘How can I ever do what my father did to me?’ So, that is what I really feel. I talked to my brothers, and we made a pact. We received to interrupt this,” Martin famous.
“We have not spoken [to our dad] since as a result of we simply don’t need that kind of abuse round our households. I’ve three youngsters. My brother Santiago has two youngsters. So, we do not need that round our youngsters. That’s what the ebook’s about.”
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Gramatica kicked for Kansas State earlier than making the leap to the NFL in 1999. He spent the primary six seasons of his NFL profession with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, profitable the Super Bowl with the Bucs in 2002.
He ended his skilled soccer profession with a 76.4% profession subject objective share.
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