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Albert Breer

Tom Brady’s Father Tells SI When He Knew His Son Wasn’t Coming Back

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To those who know Tom Brady best, there was a pretty real tell on which way he was leaning over the past couple of weeks. And to set this up, his dad, Tom Sr., told me this story from last June.

The whole extended family was in the Hamptons, celebrating a graduation that happened to come in a dead spot in the NFL calendar, and Tom Jr. was there to take part in the festivities. One morning, during the trip, Tom Sr. and his wife, Galynn, got up and, at about 7:30 a.m., with it pouring rain outside, they grabbed their coats and their umbrellas and went out to get coffee.

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