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Not for the first time, but the NFL legend Tom Brady had his same jersey stolen for the second time in Fenway Park. But this time, he did not require any external help to recover it. At the same time, he managed to strike down the thief himself.

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After a comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, the Patriots and Brady were celebrating. After which, the athlete realized his jersey was missing. It was found a month later in Mexico with Brady’s other missing jersey.?

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While celebrating the jersey’s recovery in Fenway Park, it got stolen for the second time. After all, this time, the NFL star knew who it was and obviously was not going to let go of the thief or his long-time best friend Rob ‘Gronk’ Gronkowski.?

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Did Gronk’s prank get successful with Tom Brady?

NFL star Tom Brady got invited by the Boston Red Sox to throw out the ceremonial pitch at Fenway Park after his stolen jerseys were recovered in Mexico. At the moment Brady was showing his jersey off to the crowd present, Gronk came from behind, stole it, and ran away with it.

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The stolen recovered jersey got itself stolen again. But this time, not for a month, but only for a few moments. Brady ran behind the jersey thief and strike him down pretty soon.

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So, in order to have a good laugh, Gronkowski was pretty successful at the prank he pulled off. Jersey number 87’s player stole jersey number 12 but got caught in the end.

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Who helped tackle ‘the Great Brady Heist?”

A then 19-year-old young Patriots fan, Dylan Wagner, helped the FBI find the NFL legend’s not one but two missing jerseys.

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One was Brady’s Super Bowl XLIX, while the other was of Super Bowl LI. Wagner’s passion for collecting sports memorabilia once had him in contact with another avid collector, Martin Ortega.

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After grabbing enough evidence, the FBI got a search warrant and retrieved both the jerseys of the star player.

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