Seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady retires after 22 National Football League seasons.
Seven-time Super Bowl winner Brady now has 80,359 yards compared to Drew Brees' 80,358.
The sale smashes the previous record price for an NFL football card. Last month, another card from Brady's rookie season fetched $1.32 million in an online auction.
The Rams secured their berth in the Super Bowl after a controversial 26-23 overtime win over the New Orleans Saints in the National Football Conference title game.
The death of one-time tight end Aaron Hernandez came less than a week after the 27-year-old athlete was acquitted in a murder case.
Match hero Tom Brady rallied the New England Patriots from a 28-3 third-quarter deficit to a 34-28 win in the greatest comeback in US Super Bowl history.
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