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Brady is a five-time Super Bowl champion, is recognised by the overwhelming majority of critics as the greatest player to ever play in the NFL and is still doing what he loves at the age of 40.
But for a split second today Facebook users were given a fright that Brady may be injured.
A post from the Lego Dad page read: "Bad news Patriot fans. Looks like Tom Brady has a broken arm."
But it was only a hilarious gag whereby a lego figure of Brady had the arm off on the side!
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Seventeen years in the league leading such a successful team to title after title has had a massive impact on Brady’s earning potential.
Current estimates put his overall net worth, courtesy of his playing wages and lucrative sponsorship deals with Under Armour and Ugg among others, at about $180million.
But the best thing about that is that he doesn’t even earn the most money in his own house.
His supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen has an estimated net worth of $380million.
Add that together and the Brady-Bundchen duo are worth a cool $560million between them.
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And Brady has put huge sums of cash to help excellent causes during his time in the league, this season donating $100,000 to JJ Watt’s relief fund after Hurricane Harvey devastated Watt’s adopted hometown of Houston, Texas.
Just this week Brady has again reiterated his desire to play until he is 45, so with another potential five years of endorsements and playing salary, Brady could easily take his net worth towards a whopping $250m.
Brady, 40, has a contract for at least the next two seasons. The early indications from within the New England organisation point to him signing a new deal before the start of the 2018 campaign.
That possibility was all-but confirmed when the Patriots traded both of their backup quarterbacks - Jacoby Brissett and Jimmy Garoppolo - during this season.
