A LUXURY car donated for a raffle by Tom Brady in 2004 has since mysteriously vanished. That year the former New England Patriots star won Super Bowl MVP as his team defeated the Carolina Panthers in Houston. Brady , now 47, had already won the same honor two years previously.
In those days, a luxurious Cadillac XLR Roadster was awarded to the recipient of the Super Bowl MVP award. With Brady already having earned one from his 2002 triumph, he was keen to find a different home for his new one. After racking his brains, the quarterback found what seemed a good solution.
READ MORE NFL NEWS Brady decided to raffle off the car with the proceeds going to his former high school - Junipero Serra in San Mateo, California. Raffle tickets were sold for $25 each, with the car worth around $76,000 at the time. The exercise reportedly went on to raise $367k for Junipero Serra, with principal Lars Lund calling it their "most successful fundraiser ever".
But it is not known what then came of the car itself. Most read in American Football Charlie Affrunti, who had two sons graduate Junipero Serra, was announced as the winner. Both of his boys are said to have played on their high school baseball team alongside Brady in the 1990s.
After the raffle, the Cadillac was not publicly seen again. Per the Mail , it has been theorised that Affrunti could not afford to keep hold of it. In rules set by the Internal Revenue Service , raffle winners are required to stump up 25 per cent of the market value.