Tom Brady, one of the greatest players in NFL history, has retired aged 44.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback won seven Super Bowls in an astonishing career spanning 22 seasons.
The five-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player won six titles with the New England Patriots before his final triumph with the Buccaneers last year.
His final game was a 30-27 defeat by the Los Angeles Rams in the play-offs, when his heroics narrowly failed to see the Bucs fight back from 27-3 down.
Brady, a three-time NFL season MVP, had a year remaining on his Tampa contract and has previously talked about playing beyond his 45th birthday, which is a month before the start of next season.
However, he has chosen bring a close to his playing career in the NFL, 20 years of which were spent with the Patriots.
[Source: BBC]
