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Tom Brady Reveals Awesome, On-Brand Easter Egg in His Autograph

Leave it to Brady to have the perfect signature.

Josh Wilson

Tom Brady signs an autograph
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Tom Brady, widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best player in NFL history, has been asked to sign a great deal of autographs throughout his career. Practice makes perfect, and it seems like Brady has landed on the perfect John Hancock after decades of repetition.

Brady, who attended Fanatics Fest this weekend, stopped by the table of a collectible dealer that had a lot of Brady cards and memorabilia. He signed a few things, and took a few moments to explain his signature, including a detail that might not be all that obvious to fans at first glance:

"I signed it two different ways," Brady said of his signature, explaining the evolution over the years. "That's how my dad signed his name, so I always tried to copy how he did it" he said of the original signature, "but then I realized I should have kind of more of an autograph."

"The B was a 1 and a 2," Brady said.

His autograph as it evolved wound up with the straight line of the B coming in smaller and next to the curly part of the letter, resembling a "12" if you look at it right. A neat symbol for Brady, who donned that jersey number as quarterback of both the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Josh Wilson

JOSH WILSON

Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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