About
Tom Brady is an American football player and current quarterback for the New England Patriots in the National Football League (NFL).
History
In the late 1990s, Brady was a quarterback for the Wolverines at the University of Michigan
Online Presence
In June 2011, the @TomBradysEgo[2] parody Twitter feed was launched, featuring tweets written from the perspective of Brady. Within four years, the account gained over 236,000 followers. On May 27th, 2012, Funny or Die released a parody video featuring in which a retail store employee accuses Brady of having a thick Boston accent (shown below).
On November 24th, 2013, the Fox Sports YouTube channel uploaded a segment from the Fox NFL Kickoff show, in which football cornerback Richard Sherman discusses an image macro in which he is depicting as saying ""U mad bro?"": to Brady (shown below). Within two years, the video received more than 3.9 million views and 4,000 comments.
On January 24th, 2014, the /r/tombradygifs[1] subreddit was launched for animated GIFs of Brady. On September 15th, a Tom Brady Facebook[3] page was launched, which gathered upwards of 3.2 million likes in the next year.
Related Memes
Touchdown Tom
Touchdown Tom is an online nickname for Tom Brady, which is typically used when the team is performing poorly in reference to the many unexpected victories orchestrated by Brady over his 15 years in the National Football League (NFL).
Be Attractive, Don’t Be Unattractive
“Be Attractive, Don’t Be Unattractive” is an expression typically used as a tongue-in-cheek response to people asking for dating advice on the Internet, suggesting that the only important quality for romantic success is one’s level of physical attractiveness. The phrase comes from an episode of Saturday Night Live, in which Tom Brady demonstrates how to properly ask a woman out at work (shown below).
Bradying
Bradying is a photo fad that involves taking pictures of oneself sitting on the floor with the head lowered and hands clasped between the legs. The pose was inspired by a photograph of Brady on the football field following his team’s loss against the New York Giants at the Super Bowl XLVI.
#DeflateGate
#DeflateGate refers to the controversy surrounding the New England Patriots’ alleged use of deflated footballs towards the team’s advantage during their American Football Conference (AFC) Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts in January 2015. The accusations of foul play has prompted an investigation from the National Football League (NFL), leading to the suspension of Brady for the first four games in the 2015 season. On January 30th, 2015, the schmoyoho YouTube channel uploaded an auto-tuned version of a press conference in which Brady discusses the Deflategate controversy (shown below).
Tom Brady’s Courtroom Sketch
Tom Brady’s Courtroom Sketch is a photoshop meme based on a coarsely drawn portrait of the New England Patriots’ star quarterback in a courtroom sketch produced at the first court appearance of Brady in a settlement lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL) for his four-game suspension penalty in the aftermath of Deflategate.
Personal Life
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr. was born on August 3rd, 1977 in San Mateo, California. Brady is married Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen, with whom he has two children: Benjamin and Vivian.