Robert Kraft told a great story about trying to get Vince Wilfork sized for a custom leather jacket while in Italy

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August 10, 2017 6:56 PM

Vince Wilfork accompanied Robert Kraft on a trip to Italy where they wanted to get custom leather jackets. The leather worker was taken back by Wilfork's size.

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The New England Patriots held a retirement press conference on Wednesday for veteran defensive tackle Vince Wilfork where owner Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick shared many stories about Wilfork.

Among them was a story about Kraft inviting Wilfork and his wife on a vacation to Italy during the offseason.

Kraft said that while in Italy, they went to a leather worker's small shop to get custom leather jackets.

According to Kraft, the man doing the sizing was a bit taken aback by the 6-foot-2, 325-pound Wilfork. Via Boston.com:

"For any of you who know Italy, the finest artists and leatherwork is done there. We went to a little fine leather store. Most Italian men are thin, in Italy at least, thin and well-sculpted. There were leather jackets, sort of a fixed price and Vince was getting fitted for this leather jacket and I don’t think the gentleman who was the artist had ever seen anyone that size. I don’t know, did he ever make it? Yeah, I don’t think he could afford it, it was really high-grade leather and it was a fixed price."

Kraft also said that one Italian dinner in particular was to blame for Wilfork returning to training camp overweight.

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