NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Who Dat fans packed the stands Saturday (Aug. 8) in Canton, Ohio, to watch former Saints Quarterback Drew Brees take his place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And one super fan brought his whole family to cherish the moment.

Not many New Orleans Saints fans can say they have seen nearly every snap, tackle, throw and play, but Calvin Anderson can.

I probably made 99 percent of the home games,” Anderson said.

Anderson has been a season ticket holder since 1968, when he bought his seats right after high school. And ever since, he’s been glued to the stands, both in the dome and out.

It’s a fandom he’s shared with his family, bringing his siblings, children and grandchildren to see the Black and Gold on the gridiron.

“I would never let my tickets go to waste,” Anderson said. “Someone had to go with my ticket.”

And through the hundreds of games he’s been to, it was the Super Bowl XLIV win that stood out when Quarterback Drew Brees led the franchise to its first and only championship.

“We just knew Drew was going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and I said when that happens, I want to be there,” said Anderson.

Since 2010, Andreson anticipated a boys trip to Canton, Ohio, to one day see Brees immortalized among football’s best.

And when the news came down that Brees was going into the hall this year, word of the trip spread rapidly among his Who Dat-loving family.

“They said, ‘That would be a great trip, can we go? Can we go?’ ‘Sure! Sure!’” said Anderson.

Anderson said almost overnight, a 12-person boys trip ballooned into a 26-person pilgrimage of family members, including his grandson Conner McNamara.

Everything is better when you experience it with family,“ said McNamara. ”Being able to go with my grandpa, and my mom, and my aunt, and my brothers — its just a surreal experience.”

McNamara said he was blessed to take the family trip to Ohio for the weekend, eager to see Brees make football history 15 years after he and his grandfather saw him make Saints history.

For Anderson, the trip is another way to cheer on one of his favorite players — on his favorite team — as a family.

And for McNamara, he said the love of the Black and Gold is something that will stick with the family for more generations to come.

“It’s not just a personal thing — it’s a family experience. I hope stuff like this gets passed down to my kids and grandkids when the time comes,” McNamara said.

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