JEFFERSON, N.H.—Despite a sore shoulder, Tom Brady says he'll be healthy enough Sunday to watch the Super Bowl from his couch.
Brady, 51, a Coos County commissioner, has been enjoying the extra attention that comes from sharing a name with the famed New England Patriots quarterback. Just last week, a stranger telephoned him out of the blue, inquiring about his ankle and congratulating him on an 18-0 record.
"My left shoulder is really killing me, but my foot is fine," he said.
Brady, who helps run his family's business, Six Gun City and Fort Jefferson Campground, said his teenage employees began teasing him as soon as the football playing Brady led the Patriots to an upset Super Bowl win over the St. Louis Rams in 2001. But the power of the name really sunk in when Brady first ran for county commissioner in 2004. When his campaign signs started disappearing, he at first suspected his rival, but then employees at the town dump informed him that the bottom portions of at least 18 of the signs had shown up in the trash.
The sign bottoms displaying the words "county commissioner" had been cut, but the tops reading "Tom Brady" became collector's items. The pilfering continued in his re-election bid.
In Somersworth, 52-year-old Tom Brady said he also enjoys the little fame his name brings him. When he introduces himself, most people think he's joking, he said.
"I don't know why, but they do," he said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2008/02/02/nh_men_reflect_on_perks_of_sharing_a_name_with_tom_brady0564/
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