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Favre
Written by Brett Favre and Bonita Favre
Miscellaneous contribution by Chris Havel
November 2005
978-1-59071-036-4 (1-59071036-3)
256 pages, 8-1/2 x 10
About this Book
Just one day after losing his father, Irvin Favre, to a heart attack
and fatal car crash, Brett Favre took the field for a Monday Night
Football game against the notorious Oakland Raiders. Even with the
Green Bay Packers clinging to a slim chance for a playoff spot, his
teammates and his adopted city didn’t expect Brett to suit up.
Big Irv was the game to Brett. As his coach at Hancock North Central
High School in Kiln, Mississippi, Irv taught Brett the importance
of execution, precision, and sacrifice. He rarely let Brett throw
the ball; rather, he had him lead the run-oriented wishbone offense,
which required him to handoff and then block for his teammates. When
no major college had any interest in Brett as a quarterback, Irv got
the University of Southern Mississippi to give him a shot as a defensive
back. And when Brett did the impossible at Southern Miss–moving from
defense to the team’s starting quarterback his freshman year–Irv was
there the whole way.
Prior to the Raider game, Favre had started an exhausting 189 games
straight (an NFL record) and was nursing a broken finger on his throwing
hand since the early weeks of the 2003 season. Rumors of his retirement
circulated among the press–he was in his thirteenth year–and while
no one said it out loud, most commentators believed Brett was a shadow
of his former self.
But what happened in the Oakland twilight on December 22, 2003, is
the stuff of NFL legend. Brett Favre sealed his reputation as one
of the greatest football players in history.
“I knew that my dad would have wanted me to play,” he said after throwing
for just under 400 hundred yards and four touchdowns to rout the Raiders.
“I love him so much, and I love this game. It meant a great deal to
me, to my dad, and to my family, and I didn't expect this kind of
performance. But I know he was watching.”
FAVRE is a dazzling tribute to the roller-coaster football life of
Brett Favre, with personal family photos and remembrances, stunning
four-color action shots, and inspiring stories of a lifelong love
affair with the all-American game.
About this Author
Chris Havel is a sports columnist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette
and has covered the Packers for fourteen years. Co-author of Brett
Favre's first book, For The Record, he has also contributed to the
Packer anthologies Heir to the Legacy and Titletown. Havel is the
host of Wisconsin's most popular daily sports talk radio show, “Fanline,”
on WFAN 107.5 F.M. and is the feature writer of Packernews.com, a
subscription website on all things Packer.
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