Background

Scott Bolzan

The Man of 46 Years Who’s Life Was Deleted

Scott Bolzan has been able to fulfill the dreams of playing in the NFL as well as becoming a professional pilot and owing and operating a successful aviation company which specializes in managing corporate aircraft. Growing up in Chicago, IL in a middle class family provided Scott with the work ethic and character building foundations necessary in achieving his goal to one day play in the NFL as an offensive lineman.   It was apparent in high school that he was blessed with talent. After his successful high school career he accepted a full athletic scholarship to Northern Illinois University.

At Northern Illinois University under the direction of his head coach Bill Mallory and mentor Joe Novak is where Scott’s talents started to flourish.
Throughout his college career is where he began growing as a person realizing that the life lessons that he is learning through the sport of football will one day become very important in his life.  His college career blossomed becoming a 4 year starter who gained 1st team Mid-American Conference as well as All American (Honorable Mention) his senior year.  Scott has also been inducted to the Northern Illinois University Hall of Fame.

In 1984 Scott was drafted by the New England Patriots in the 9th round.  Like so many rookies playing it was a daily fight to earn a spot on the roster, eventually he was released from the team and signed with the Memphis Showboats in the USFL.  After enjoying a season of much needed playing time gaining experience along the way he was once again dealt with life lesson of being released.  This allowed him to once again get back into the NFL with the Cleveland Browns where he sustained a career ending injury in his second season.

These obstacles once again strengthened the “Never Give Up” attitude that allows him to create himself in another career. Scott after successful careers in Financial Planning and the Insurance business allowed him the opportunity to seek his next love “FLYING.”

He grew a successful and trusted charter business in Scottsdale, AZ and soon began flying surgical transplant teams thought Arizona as well as nationally.  Scott’s company was honored to bring the first heart transplant into the state of Arizona for Mayo Hospital.  In record time, the charter company went from unranked in 2004 to ranked number 2 in 2005 then the number 1 ranked charter company by Arizona Business Magazine in 2006.  Scott has since sold the charter company in 2008 and is now the Founder and CEO of Legendary Jets LLC in Tempe, AZ specializing in professional business aircraft management and ownership.  Scott also serves on the Board of Directors of the NFL Alumni Arizona Chapter as the Membership Director as well as the Brain Injury Association of Arizona.

In December of 2008 Scott suffered a traumatic brain injury from an accident that has erased the previous 46 years of his life due to profound retrograde amnesia caused by this accident.  He has spent most of his time trying to rebuild his previous experiences and lessons of his previous life.  Throughout this traumatic brain injury he has learned to persevere through his adversities and remain hopeful and optimistic that he will reinvent himself to become a better man than before.