Among the numerous benefits of playing alongside Tom Brady, perhaps most overlooked is the opportunity to rack up a closetful of UGG boots.

The New England Patriots star quarterback is one of the company's most visible endorsers, and he has shouldered the considerable challenge of singlehandedly changing the image of the boots.

As part of his effort to get more men wearing the brand, Brady has made it somewhat of a tradition to give his teammates UGGs each year for Christmas. In the first year of the partnership Brady, who was introduced to the boots by his three sisters, gave each of his lineman a pair.

The next year, Brady gave everyone on his team a pair.



While Brady admits his teammates teased him when he initially signed the deal, after they received their first pair their opinion quickly changed.

"Once they tried them on, any thoughts of jokes stopped," Brady told the Wall Street Journal in 2011. "The warm boots are perfect during the cold New England winters."

Slowly but surely, through generous gifts like these and commercials like the one below, Brady is shifting the perception of the Australian brand.


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Tom Brady And Gisele Bundchen

 

Tom And Gisele

At the Costume Institute Gala celebrating 'Superheroes:Fashion and Fantasy' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the 'Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the Costume Institute Gala Benefit to celebrate the opening of the 'American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

At Celtics-Pistons playoff game in Boston.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the 'Charles James/Beyond Fashion' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

Son Benjamin visits training camp.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the 'Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the 'Charles James/Beyond Fashion' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the Costume Institute Gala for the 'PUNK: Chaos to Couture' exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

At 'The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the Costume Institute Gala for the 'PUNK: Chaos to Couture' exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

 

Tom And Gisele

At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

 

Tom And Gisele

Biking in Boston.

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