William H. "Billy" Sullivan (9/13/1915 to 2/231998) was the founder of the New England Patriots. He was awarded the 8th franchise in the newly founded American Footabll league.
The Patriots were founded in 1960 by Billy Sullivan Jr.
the owner of the new England patriots
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Robert Kraft.
The Patriots name was determined by a write in contest. The then unnamed team had locals send in names and Owner Billy Sullivan picked the Patriots from all the different submissions.
Robert Kraft is the owner of the New England Patriots Football Club.
The first New England Patriots (then the Boston Patriots) season was in 1960. Here's a link to their 1960 roster, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Boston_Patriots_season
I assume by Patriots you mean the New England Patriots of the National Football league. In 1959, the team was introduced as the Boston Patriots but in 1971 the team was relocated to Foxborough, Massachusetts where they were renamed as the New England Patriots. This is the same name that the team uses today.
The Patriots first head coach (1960) was Lou Saban.
That was 1963 when the Patriots won the Eastern Division of the American Football League. After the AFL-NFL merger, the Patriots first won a division title in 1978.
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Patriots, because at first they were both about even then the Patriots grew larger so then about 15 to 20% were Loyalists and most of the rest were Patriots!