“Tom Brady’s Touching Tribute to His Parents on Their 54th Anniversary: “When I look at this picture I can’t help but feel an enormous amount of gratitude. Look at what you have created!!”. “I’m thankful to have such incredible role models for myself and my sisters and our kids.” he captioned

The couple, who tied the knot on April 19, 1969, will celebrate their 54th wedding anniversary in 2023. Tom posted a sweet tribute to his parents on Instagram in honor of their 52nd anniversary in 2021. The picture featured Tom’s family, along with his sisters and their families. “When I look at this picture I can’t help but feel an enormous amount of gratitude. Look at what you have created!!” he wrote in the caption. “I’m thankful to have such incredible role models for myself and my sisters and our kids.”Galynn was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2016.

She shared in an interview that she underwent five months of chemotherapy, during which time she could not attend her son’s games with the New England Patriots during the 2016-17 season. But she was cleared to attend the 2017 Super Bowl, just one day before her scheduled flight. “I just wanted to be there for Tommy, and I wanted to be there with our family,” she shared in an interview. “Everybody was going to the Super Bowl and I didn’t want to miss that.” Tom Sr. shared in a June 2017 interview with the Boston Globe that Galynn’s cancer treatments had ended and that she was healthy. “She is doing great,” he said. “She is getting out and playing golf and tennis and looks wonderful.”Tom didn’t get all the athletic talent in this family. His older sisters are all athletes in their own right, according to a profile for The Eagle-Tribune. Brady’s eldest sister, Maureen, was an All-American softball pitcher at Fresno State University and was inducted into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame. The next-eldest sister, Julie, played for the soccer team at St. Mary’s College as a walk-on, later earning a scholarship.

Nancy, who is a year older than Tom, earned a scholarship to play softball at UC Berkeley. Tom Sr. told the publication that they encouraged their kids to try a variety of different activities, but they all gravitated towards sports. “Whether it was guitar, ballet, piano … we wanted them to try everything,” he said.

“But all of them always seemed to move toward sports, which was fine with Galynn and myself. We were both sports nuts.” He added that they were very competitive kids, even from a young age. “My fault … I started it. Everything we did, and I mean everything, like running home from church, throwing a rock the farthest,” he continued. “Everything was a competition. I guess it made things really fun, at least for the winner.”