In 1983, “Tom Brady” went into a hospital in Louisiana got surgery for his elbow.
That sentence might not be too crazy. What’s nuts is “Thomas Brady” was an alias used by Terry Bradshaw — the future Hall of Fame quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers at the time — to keep reporters from knowing he was getting surgery. The other Tom Brady would be about six years old at the time.
This is an old story that is now blowing NFL fan minds, thanks to a tweet going viral. And sure enough, if you look up a UPI story, there it is! It’s true!
“Charles Boyd, Doctor’s Hospital administrator, said the four-time Super Bowl quarterback was admitted March 3 under the name Thomas Brady,” it reads. “Bradshaw, who owns a farm south of Shreveport, was operated on the same day for muscle tears in his right elbow, Boyd said. He left the hospital March 5.”
“‘Many times,'” it continues, “‘we have to admit people under an assumed name or under no name to keep the press and the fans away,’ Boyd said.”
On this date in 1983, the winningest quarterback in Super Bowl history checked into a Louisiana hospital using an assumed name. pic.twitter.com/Yr3ujc0fHC
— Quirky Research (@QuirkyResearch) March 3, 2021
Eerie. Did the hairs on the back of your neck stand up? Mine did!
