Tom Brady’s Sisters Were His Inspiration
Tom Brady has three three older sisters, all of whom were better at sports than he was at a young age.
Tom apparently didn’t fill out until college, but while growing up his sisters were all amazing baseball players, often receiving praise from the family, which later sparked Tom’s competitiveness.
In the early 90s, sister Maureen Brady was a senior pitcher and sisters Julie, a junior shortstop, and Nancy, a freshman catcher, were also amazing players on the team. All were recognized for their outstanding athletic abilities. One time a newspaper article even dubbed them, “The Brady Bunch For Real.” But alas, Tommy boy was not a part of the article nor did he receive any athletic recognition until his college years.
Tom admitted later that this was difficult for him, as a budding young man, to listen to his family, friends and the entire town praise his sisters while he was back in the shadows, trying to make a name for himself.
A longtime friend of Brady’s remembers, “He was very clearly the low man on the totem pole. Whereas Tom didn’t really fill out until college, all of those girls were very pretty and were great athletes. I think there was a self-consciousness, a feeling that, ‘If I’m going to get my name in the paper like them, I have to step it up.’ ”
Now his sisters are his best supporters and biggest fans. They are a feisty bunch and are known for verbally scraping with their brother’s hecklers. Once his sister Nancy joked, “I’ll be there in full pads, so just look up if you need me.”
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