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Gronkowski writes ‘Get chicks!’ on shoes given to high schooler

Rob Gronkowski is smack dab in the middle of his annual “Summer of Gronk” hijinks and even when he takes the time to do something thoughtful for a fan he is incapable of controlling his “Gronkian” tendencies.

Gronkowski last month put out a message on Twitter announcing he had a surplus of size-16 shoes. He suggested that high school football players reach out to him if any of his extra shoes would work for them.

Cleaning the room out and have way to many size 16 cleats and got no friends size 16!!

— Rob Gronkowski (@RobGronkowski) May 7, 2015

Riley Held, who plays at East Longmeadow High School (Mass.