Three cheers for Alexa Flutie

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Megan Johnson
The Boston Herald
September 23, 2011

Here’s football hero Doug Flutie’s daughter, Alexa, all — ahem — grown up!

Alexa, a New England Patriots cheerleader, and her teammate Brianna Kounelas are the Miss Septembers in the pep squad’s 2012 swimsuit calendar. And while Dougie’s daughter said the bathing suit shoot in Aruba in April was a real day at the beach, she’s more of a fan of the pompom gals’ game uniforms than her purple bikini.

“I have to say, the regular uniform you see on the posters is a favorite,” Alexa told the Track. “But so is what we call ‘The Elvis,’ which has bell-bottoms, flared-out sleeves and it’s all in sequins. It’s very cool, and I’m sure we’ll break it out when it gets a little cooler.”

Flutie said it was her girlhood dream to be a Pats cheerleader and one day cheer for her dad. But the year Doug rejoined the Patriots, Alexa was only 17 and was ineligible to try out.

“So I tried out every year I was in college and didn’t make it, but this year was my year,” she said.

Alexa said she’s not cheering over the fact that the siss-boom-bah squad will be at home Sunday when Tom Brady [stats] & Co. head to the hinterlands to play the Buffalo Bills. Because, as you know, her dad was the Bills’ QB, and she has a few fond memories of Buffalo — especially Doug’s local fave, Uncle Joe’s Diner.

“My dad really adopted Uncle Joe’s when he was there,” said Alexa, who teaches dance and cheerleading since graduating from Dean College. “So we adopted it like he did. The people were so friendly and they made a great turkey dinner.”

In fact, the Flutie family popped into the Buffalo diner a couple of weeks ago when Doug, wife Laurie and Alexa traveled up to London, Ontario, to watch Alexa’s BF, Everett homey Peter Giannikopoulos, play wide receiver for the University of Western Ontario’s Mustangs.

“I actually met (Peter) in a club in Boston and he asked me out the following Sunday,” Alexa told the Track, “He only knew my first name, so when he came to the house to pick me up and he saw my dad in the kitchen he finally put it all together. It was pretty funny.”