Photo: Ashley Bragg Ryan/Instagram
While playing in what would be his final NFL season,Tom Bradymoonlighted as a Tampa Bay, Florida animal shelter volunteer.
On Wednesday, Ashley Bragg Ryan, wife of Buccaneers player and Brady’s former teammate Logan Ryan, shared apictureof the quarterback volunteering at a shelter last year.
The picture showed Brady, along with his son, Benjamin, 13, and daughter, Vivian, 10, holding puppies along with Ashley, Logan, and their daughter.
“I guess I’ll chime in with myTom Bradystory.. but it’s not the one about 7 Super Bowls or being down 28–3 or his last pass as a Patriot,” she wrote in the Instagram post. “We all know those. It’s the one about the dad who volunteered at the animal shelter with his kids throughout an entire football season. The one where he bonded with his kids over naming puppies and bottle feeding kittens.”
Ashley wrote that the picture was taken at theHumane Society of Tampa Bay, just weeks before the start of the 2022 season.
Ashley’s post also features a video of Brady and Logan petting the puppies inside a kennel.
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Brady, 45, announced his retirement from the league for a second time on Wednesday in a video shot on a Florida beach.
“I’m retiring. For good. I know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when I woke up this morning I figured I’d just press record, and let you guys know first,” he said in the video, which was shared to his social accounts.
“It won’t be long-winded, you only get one super-emotional retirement essay, and I used mine up last year, so. I…really thank you guys…so much,” he continued. “To every single one of you, for supporting me, my family, my friends, teammates, my competitors. I could go on forever. There’s too many. Thank you guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream.”
“I wouldn’t change a thing,” Brady ended his message. “Love you all.”
source: people.com
