~ book Favre The Man, The Legend ~
favremanlegend. ~ Favre: The Man - The Legend includes: 176 Pages Audio CD of tributes and remembrances from players, coaches and teammates. ~ I got the guy! Those were the words of Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf on February 10, 1992, after he traded a first-round draft pick to the Atlanta Falcons for a relatively unknown backup quarterback named Brett Favre. ~ Nobody else in the fabled organization that had fallen on hard times had quite the excitement level as Wolf had, and at the time even he probably never imagined exactly what a franchise-saving deal he'd just made.Favre, was a star from his very first game in a Packers uniform, rallying the team to a dramatic come-from-behind victory. ~ It wasn't long before he was a bona fide superstar, earning three consecutive NFL MVP Awards and leading the Packers to two Super Bowls and one championship. ~ Favre's road to certain enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame has had it's twists and turns, though, and the award-winning writers and photographers of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have been there every step of the way. ~ Their comprehensive, up-close-and-personal coverage of one of the most successful sports careers in history set the foundation for Brett Favre: The Man, the Legend, which takes the reader on a journey from small-town Mississippi to pro football's mecca and, ultimately, to its rarest and most celebrated prize. ~ Along the way, we are able to share the triumphs and setbacks of one of the greatest football players of his generation. ~ book; favremanlegend;