What is Tom Brady's birth date?

Tom Brady was born on August 3, 1977. His full name is Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr., and he was born in San Mateo, California, where he grew up as the only son in a family of five children.

Brady became interested in football while growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended San Francisco 49ers games at Candlestick Park and admired quarterback Joe Montana, an influence often mentioned in accounts of Brady’s early sporting ambitions.

Brady played college football at the University of Michigan before entering the 2000 NFL draft. The New England Patriots selected him with the 199th overall pick, a relatively late selection that became one of the most famous draft stories in sports history.

A common mix-up is confusing Brady’s birthday with the birthdays of other prominent NFL quarterbacks or misremembering the year as 1976 or 1978. August 3, 1977, is the canonical date listed in biographical records. Brady later played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and retired as one of the most decorated players in NFL history.