Posted on 01/17/2011 1:29:59 PM PST by Red Badger
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre filed his retirement papers on Monday, ending one of the National Football League's most fabled careers.
Here are some facts about Favre and his career:
Born - October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi.
1991 - Atlanta Falcons make Favre their second-round pick, number 33 overall, in NFL Draft out of Southern Mississippi.
1992 - Traded to Green Bay for a first-round draft pick.
1992 - Replaces injured quarterback Don Majkowski (ankle) in Game Three, goes on to post 8-5 record and claim starting job he will not relinquish for 16 seasons. Is named to his first NFC Pro Bowl squad.
1995 - Selected to start at quarterback in Pro Bowl. Named NFL's Most Valuable Player.
1996 - Culminates season by leading Packers to 35-21 victory over New England Patriots in Super Bowl to give Green Bay its first NFL title in 29 years.
1997 - Named league MVP for the third year in a row; leads Green Bay back to Super Bowl but ends up on losing side in a 31-24 loss to Denver.
2003 - Plays in all 16 games despite fracturing the thumb on his throwing hand in the team's seventh game of the season that required him to wear a protective splint the rest of the year. Selected to his eighth Pro Bowl after leading Packers to their ninth playoff appearance in his 12 years.
2004 - Extends his NFL-record streak of consecutive post-season games with a touchdown pass to 16 in 2004 season NFC wild card game against Minnesota.
2006 - Becomes the NFL's all-time leader in pass completions and first to reach 5,000 completions.
2007 - Sets NFL records for most career wins as a starting quarterback (160), most passing yards (61,655), most touchdown passes (442) and interceptions (288).
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WAS a great football player, but enough is enough. Give it up Brett, you should have gone out with style two years ago.
lulz
And we Chicago fans hope that the Bears ring Rodgers bell a few more times this weekend! ;-)
LLS
I wonder if anyone realizes how many back up QBs to this guy went to other teams to become starters.
I cant even remember them all.
Jaaa. again.
who has the pool? ;-)
Ha! Took the words right out of my. er, hands....
He is still my hero.
Most players his age are living on Vicodin & barely able to pee every day unassisted.
He has a mental & physical toughness that most of the NFL will NEVER see again.
Matt Hasselbeck for one.
That “Fabled Career” is now a “Tarnished Career”. Too bad the egotistical basterd didn’t have the sense to retire before he made a complete fool of himself.
More than just him..
Brunell, and a couple others I think. Wasnt there one that started for the Giants for a while? Then Warner..he was cut.
Don Majkowski (Lions)
Ty Detmer (Eagles)
Mark Brunell (Jaguars, Redskins)
Doug Pederson (Eagles, Browns)
Matt Hassleback (Seahawks)
Aaron Brooks (Saints)
Kurt Warner (Rams, Cardinals)
Aaron Rodgers (Packers)
There were a few others that played elsewhere but these are the top guys.
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