Patriots fans can thank Susan Hurley for bringing Rob Gronkowski back into the fold.

Hurley, a former Patriots cheerleader and philanthropist who died of ovarian cancer earlier this month , was revealed as the person behind Gronkowski’s one-day contract with the team.

“It was awesome,” former New England quarterback Brian Hoyer told The Post on Wednesday on behalf of DraftKings . “Obviously, Gronk retired to avoid being traded. Came back, played, won the Super Bowl, and finished his career in Tampa Bay. I think there was a big part of it because there was this woman who helped with his charitable foundation, and her last request before she passed away – she sadly passed away from cancer – was ‘I want to have Rob sign that one-day contract and retire as a Patriot .’ So he fulfille

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