APTER An unlikely Football Star om Brady grew up around sports in San Mateo California near the San Francisco Bay area His parents Tom Sr and Galynn took him to professional football and baseball games from an early age His three older sisters were star softball players Born on August 3 1977 Tom Jr was four years old in 1981 when the local San Francisco 49ers played one of the greatest play off games in NFL history Tom s parents took him to that game and the 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys on a last minute throw from Joe Montana to Dwight Clark Many years later Tom would be compared with Hall ofFame quarterback Montana Sports were a big part of Tom's early life With his older sisters as an influence Tom developed a competitive drive that would seem to mark him as a future athlete There was just one problem he did not always seem particularly
An unlikely Football Star Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers shown here in 1981 at the game young Tom Brady attended was a four time Super Bowl winner and Brady s boyhood idol
TOM BRADY SUPER BOWL CHAMPION A Late Beginner Young Tom was a slow runner and early in high school he was a little overweight The combination of those things led him initially to play Though he found stardom in the National Football League Brady was first drafted by a professional baseball
