Tom Brady has probably been the biggest star in American sports for over the last 20 years. Even at almost 45, the NFL legend is going strong in the most physical group sport. When talking about the National Football League, there will never be a better ambassador of the game than Tom Brady.

With the kind of decorated career he has in the NFL, it is almost impossible to replicate what he has achieved in the game. Even though the Buccaneers’ quarterback has set his bar on a new high in the NFL, American football was not his first career choice. Yes! Not many people are aware of it, but the NFL star was a baseball player in his younger days.

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After the greatness he has achieved in football, it is hard to believe that Tom Brady started his sporting career as a baseball catcher. Currently, the most successful player in the history of the NFL, Brady was one of the MLB draft picks in the 1995 season. Recently, an old photo of Brady playing baseball has been doing rounds on the internet.

What if Tom Brady did not switch his sporting career?

Per an old report of The Sun, Tom Brady looks almost unrecognizable in his younger days. In almost over a 20-year-old photo, Brady is donning a baseball uniform. The picture is quite clear. But it is enough clear to identify the NFL legend in his younger days.

According to CBS Sports, the Montreal Expos selected Brady as the 507th pick in the 18th round of the 1995 MLB draft. At this time, Brady was only 17-year-old. Even in his high school days, Tom Brady played varsity baseball for almost years as a left-handed catcher.?

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But destiny had a different idea. Later, the then-Expos players convinced Brady to switch his professional career to football from baseball. Because they believed playing football will be a far better career option than baseball.

And as it turned out, Tom Brady not only dominated American football, but he became the most consistent and successful player in the NFL?s history. Notably, he has won seven Super Bowls (the most) in his 22-year-old NFL career.

Do you think Brady would have made it big in MLB had he not switched his career to the NFL?

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