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Brett Favre - "rawboned Brute Strength"

Favre grew up in Kiln, Mississippi, where his father Irvin was the local high school football and baseball coach and his mother was a special education teacher. He had two brothers and a sister, and his aunt, grandmothers, and other relatives lived nearby. Favre and both his brothers took turns quarterbacking their high school football team, but Brett was the best. Irvin Favre told William Plummer…

Brett Favre - "i Just Really Liked Him"

Wolf, however, did not forget Favre, and on February 10 of 1992, when he had a new job as the Green Bay Packers' general manager, he acquired Favre for the Packers. The young quarterback had thrown only five passes all season, and was on the Falcons' third string signal caller, so Wolf's decision seemed questionable, but he recalled to Montville, "I just really liked hi…

Brett Favre - "is My Daddy Going To Die?"

However, during the 1995 season he had become addicted to the painkiller Vicodin, a narcotic. Tynes told Ken Fuson in Esquire that in late 1995 she was cleaning out the closet and "found a bunch of little packs kind of rolled up in there. A week later, they'd be gone. I'd think, Jeez, that's a lot of pain pills." She asked Favre about it, and "he got real …

Brett Favre - Chronology

Brett Favre - "the Most Important Thing"

Favre, however, was busy off the field. His second daughter, Breleigh, had been born in July of 1999, after in-vitro fertilization and a very difficult pregnancy for Deanna. He told Attner, "I want to be there, I want to be the first person she sees when she wakes up and the last person she sees when she goes to sleep. I think it happens to a lot of men. No matter how tough you are or how b…

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Brett Favre - Career Statistics

Brett Favre - Further Information

Attner, Paul. "A Wiser Brett Favre-Really." Sporting News, July 24, 2000: 10. "Barry Sanders and Brett Favre Tie for NFL's MVP Award." Jet. January 19, 1998: 46. Der, Bob. "Guts and Glory," Sports Illustrated for Kids. September, 1997: 46. Elfin, David. "Favre-Ite Son." Washington Times, August 15, 2000: 1. Fuson, Ken. "Guts and…

Brett Favre - Beating The Blitz