It appeared that this was going to be made official at some point in 2015, but this July 18th, Brett Favre will be inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and later in the year, his name and number four will be placed on the hallowed wall in Lambeau Field.
It has not been announced when they will do the official ceremony at Lambeau, but Favre, on his website is looking forward to returning to the “Frozen Tundra” and a place that he reigned as king for sixteen years.
As a member of the Packers, Favre would throw for 61,655 Yards, twice leading the NFL in that category and would throw for 442 Touchdowns, a four time champion in that statistical metric. He would be the consensus MVP in both 1995 and 1996 and would take the Packers to a win in Super Bowl in 1996.
Regarded as one of the premier Quarterbacks of all-time, Favre did not leave Green Bay on the best of circumstances as his wishy-washy retirement did the franchise no favors, and he would leave to have a pair of successful seasons with the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings, but it is in Green Bay where his greatest success, and dare we say his professional home is.
We are happy for the fans of Green Bay and for Brett Favre. This was a reunion we are glad did not take too long to occur.
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