Tom Brady Quiz

[Frayed Knot]

With all sports on hiatus at the moment, I believe Tom Brady is currently the ONLY topic being discussed by sports yakkers so of course even a baseball quiz involves him.



Brady, about whom you may have heard is about to join the Tampa Bay Bucs, will become the 4th player in history from among the four American team sports to play:

- at least 20 seasons with one team AND win a championship with that team AND win a league MVP w/that team ... and then change teams



Two of the other three are baseball players. And then for bonus points you can guess the fourth dude.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I say "hey"!

[stevejrogers]

Bobby Orr?

[Edgy MD]

I say "hey"!

And I say "Hammer"!

[Frayed Knot]

Ding and Ding on both Willie & Hank



The Orr guess is the right sport but wrong answer.

Bobby O had bad knees resulting in his last full season coming at the ripe old age of 26 and he was out of the sport entirely at 30, so not close to 20 seasons for him.

[dgwphotography]

Gordie Howe

[seawolf17]

Ray Bourque

[Edgy MD]

Gotta be Howe. Not only jumped teams after two decades, but leagues as well.

[HahnSolo]

Its not Bourque. He won the Cup only after leaving Boston.

[ashie62]

Alex Delvecchio Red Wings to Canadiens?

[Frayed Knot]

The correct answer is Howe.

And if you want to cite a technicality that he didn't really jump to another team in the same league, he wound up lasting so long with Houston & Hartford of the WHA* -- SEVEN seasons following his

**Twenty Freakin' Five** with the Red Wings -- that he was with Hartford when they were absorbed into the NHL for his final playing season. So his final total was 25 NHL seasons, then six in the

WHA plus one final one in the NHL.

And he somehow managed to make it to age 88







* We use to call it WHA Hockey?, as in WHA' Happened?!

[Edgy MD]

Howe played professionally under eight different presidents and six prime ministers (seven if you count Pierre Trudeau twice).