Brett Favre : A Legend
Number 4 - The leader of the Pack - Brett the Jet. This is the short biography of Brett Favre with an empasis on football. The young man who played high school football for the Hancock Hawks in Mississippi wearing number ten has turned into the most famous number four of all time.
Brett Favre is the most famous number four of all time, but is he the best quarterback in the history of the game. Is Favre a better QB than Elway, Marino, and Montana?
Here at LoudSportsShorts, we would say that the former legendary Cheesehead and late New York Jet, is indeed, the greatest NFL quarterback of all time. But how did he get to this status?
Born at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, MS on Oct. 10, 1969, Brett Lorenzo Favre was born just a few months after Hurricane Camille ruffled the landscape of his family's region of the country, the gulf coast. In addition to Brett, two brothers and a sister, Brett being the second oldest of the siblings.
Brett and both of his brothers played qb in high school and the tradition of Favre quarterbacks continues to live as his nephew Dillon has broken even some of Brett's high school passing records during the 2008 Mississippi high school football season.
Favre played multiple positions in high school including kicker, lineman, safety, and of course quarterback. But his real weapon was his gunslinging arm, which is why his father Irvin "Big Irv" was upset by the pass-heavy wishbone offense that the high school team ran. Yes, Irv wanted to win by running the football.
Brett's father would complain if Hawks throw eight times a game so helping Brett choose a college that was pass happy was not a priority for Irvin. And neither was passing at all. Brett accepted a scholarship offer from Southern Mississippi to play defensive back.
As a freshman and Southern Mississippi Brett Favre was a seventh string defensive back. He was waiting for his time to come to get on the field as a defensive back.
But a chance opened up at quarterback because of injuries to the thin quarterback group within the program.
On Sept. 19, 1987 he got his chance at the quarterback position against Tulane. He was not prepared for this new situation because he did not assume his day would have come that quick. Just like many other college students, Brett had gone out for a few too many drinks the night before and his hangover caused him to vomit during warmups.
Even though he was ill, his rocket arm at brought the Golden Eagles back on a great comeback victory. The job was his.
His most well-known college performance was against the then 6th ranked Florida State Seminoles. With the ball in his hands late in the game, 23 seconds left, Favre unleashed a pass help Southern Miss. upset the strong Florida State team. This game was only the beginning of magic at Southern Mississippi.
His senior year was possibly going to be of Heisman quality. He was one of the best college quarterbacks in 1990. Finally nationally recognized, Brett and his brother were involved in a solo roll-over accident that nearly took their lives. On July 14th, 1990, on the way back from a fishing outing. The Farve's nearly lost more than just a football game or a brilliant career.
Brett's brother broke his way out of the battered auto with a golf club and Brett was in bad physical condition. They were alive but this could have been it for Brett's career. He's often ask his mother Bonita if his football career was finished. Doctors had to remove 30 inches of his small intestines.
Only a month and a half after the accident, Favre was on the field to lead his team to victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide. Brett didn't miss a beat.
He finished college as one of the best quarterbacks in his college class and with a teaching degree with an emphasis in special eduction. The NFL was near.
Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons with the 33rd pick in the 1991 draft, the Favre family was very satisfied that Brett would play with NFL career so close the family home in Kiln, Mississippi.
Unfortunatly for his stay in Atlanta, Brett and then head coach Jerry Glanville were not on the same page. The two big personalities clashed. Favre was soon traded to the Green Bay Packers.
Prior to the trade actually being approved, doctors revealed that Favre had avascular necrosis, causing a temporary or permanent loss of blood to the bones. The Packers general manager Ron Wolf over-ruled the doctor's recommendations and pushed the trade through. Wolf was a huge Favre fan while Brett played for the Golden Eagles.
In his first NFL start, playing against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1991, Favre put up strong numbers as his packers won 17-3. Favre then went on to start every game for the Green Bay Packers until 2008. During his time as starter, Brett and the Pack won the Super Bowl in 1996 against the New England Patriots and was runner up the following year. Favre finised his packer career on top leading the team to a great year in 2008 that eventually ended against the New York Giants in the NFC Championship game.
His football career seemed to come to an end as he annouced his retirement on March 4th, 2008. A 38 year-old teary-eyed Favre was turning the team over to his backup, Aaron Rodgers.
However, a couple months laters, Brett Favre wanted to make a comeback. The Green Bay Packers had already moved on and Favre was eventually traded to the New York Jets. The era of Brett The Jet began in 2008 and Favre continued his all time streak of consecutive starts at quarterback and added to his all time nfl records.
