Brett favre
Brett favreI have chosen Brett Favre for my biography paper. The name of the biography
was Brett Favre and it was written by Martin Mooney. If you love football you should
read this book. I chose Brett Favre because he is a great quarterback and role model to
children everywhere. I also chose him because he is a football legend
Brett was born in a small town called Kiln, Mississippi, on October 10, 1969. He
was given the name Brett Lorenzo Favre. He also grew up in this small town where he
was as the second oldest of his family. His parents were Irvin and Bonita Favre. Both his
parents worked at Hancock North Central High school. Irvin, being a teacher, baseball
coach and football coach, and Bonita was a special education teacher. Brett loved to play
football all his life. In fifth grade he decided which position he wanted to play when he
went out for wide receiver and landed on the football after a catch and lost his breath. He
told his father, the coach for his team, “I don’t want to play wide receiver no more.”
Ever since that day he has been a quarterback after his dad put him as one, and scored 4
touchdowns.
As a teenager Brett grew up about the same as anyone else. Since he grew up in a
totally football enclosed family, with his brother playing football in college and his father
being a coach, he loved the game. He has the same posters, and the same dreams and
heroes as most kids of today. In high school he played quarterback as he decided he was
going to do when he was young. He not only played football, he also played baseball.
He earned five letters in baseball (he led team in batting all five seasons) and three in
football at Hancock North Central High School. He went on to college at Southern Miss.
He holds 16 records for being a quarter back at this college.
A car accident held Brett from finishing his senior year of college football. The
accident, most likely, cost him a NFL first round pick in 1991. To his
astonishment he was drafted in the second round (being 33rd over-all) by the Atlanta
Falcons. He was usually benched since he only played a total of two games with 5
throws and no completions. He was traded to the Green Bay Packers in 1992. He led the
Packers to a winning season being 9 and 7.
He went on to hold many honors and records as a Green Bay Packer. He was a
member of Super Bowl championship team in 1996. He played in Pro Bowl in the 1992,
1993, 1995 and 1996 seasons. He was named the NFL Player of the Year by The
Sporting News in 1995 and 1996. Brett also shares the NFL record for longest pass
completion (a 99 yard pass for a touchdown on September 11, 1995, at Chicago). In both
1995 and 1996 seasons he was the league leader in touchdowns.
I think Brett Favre is a great hero for all children who would like to have a
sporting career or any career. This is because of his great attitude towards the game and
never would give up, even after his first season in the NFL playing for the Falcons on the
bench. He is a great role model because he could teach you to always put all your heart
and time in to completing your dream and you will probably accomplish it. This
concludes my report on Brett Favre. If you would like to learn more about him you
should read this biography written by Martin Mooney