Published 14:46 IST, October 29th 2021

Tom Brady gives one bitcoin to get 600th career touchdown ball back from fan

Veteran quarterback Tom Brady gifted a bitcoin to a fan to get back his 600th career touchdown ball back during Tampa Bay Buccaneers' recent game.

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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NFL legend Tom Bry is in twilight of his successful career and while may t be on his side as of w, seven-time Superbowl champion recently registered his name in history books by throwing a record 600th NFL touchdown. However, him tossing one bitcoin to a passionate Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan as a reward for returning prized ball to him is what stood out most.

Tom Bry 600th touchdown ball

Tampa Bay Buccaneers went on to register a thumping 38-3 win against Chicago Bears during ir NFL game at Raymond James Stium in Tampa, Florida on Monday but legendary quarterback Tom Bry's wonderful gesture stole show and was arguably biggest moment of this season.

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After Tom Bry threw a record 600th NFL touchdown on Monday night, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan wound up 44-year-old's  600th touchdown before returning ball back. neless, as per reports, fan h negotiated with a Buccaneers' trainer before giving ball back. 

While Tom Bry was thankful to have ball back, he also decided to award fan who h negotiated with one of team trainers and veteran quarterback thought about gifting a bitcoin to fan who h his 600th touchdown ball.

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As per reports in SportsCenter, apart from bitcoin, fan was also gifted $1,000 to Bucs team store, two signed jerseys, and helmet from Tom Bry, a signed Mike Evans jersey and game cleats, two tickets for 2021 as well as 2022 seasons respectively.

Reportedly, estimates put value of Bry's 600th touchdown ball at as much as $500,000, and while fan did could t earn that much,  value of one Bitcoin was hovering between $62,000-$63,000 on Monday.

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legendary quarterback achieves a unique milestone

Coming back to contest, after throwing 600th touchdown of his illustrious career, Tom Bry became first and only quarterback to achieve this milestone in NFL history.

Tom Bry stats

seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback set record for yards passing in a career on a 28-yard completion to Mike Evans in first quarter. Tom Bry reached 80,358 yards through air and n called a timeout before next play. But, it was to reset his offence as it tried to get its first touchdown of game. Apart from breaking Drew Brees' record of 80,358 passing yards, Tom Bry became fourth quarterback in NFL history to defeat all 32 teams.

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Last month, Tom Bry became  National Football League's all-time passing yard leer. quarterback achieved this feat during NFL game against  New England Patriots at Gillette Stium.

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14:46 IST, October 29th 2021