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Brett Favre to join the Packers HOF



We were wondering when this was finally going to happen.  Although an official date has not been announced, the Green Bay Packers have announced that Brett Favre will enter their franchise’s Hall of Fame in the summer of 2015, and that his number will be officially retired.

On Favre’s website, where the announcement first took place he had the following to say:

“I’m pleased to announce that I will be returning to Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2015 for induction into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and retirement of my jersey.

It was a tremendous honor to play 16 years for the Green Bay Packers.  Now to have my name placed among others such as Starr, Hornung, Kramer, Taylor, Lambeau, Nitschke, Lombardi, Davis, White and Hutson is a special honor that I share will all my teammates and coached, and that would not have been possible but for the foresight of Ron Wolf, the greatest GM in the history of the NFL.

I’m truly looking forward to celebrating and sharing this special moment with all of the great fans of the Green Bay Packers.

Go Packers!”

Although Favre is the NFL All Time leader in Completions, Yards and Touchdowns, and accumulated most of that in Green Bay, his constant flip-flopping on retirement held the growth of the Packers back and once he did leave Green Bay to play for the New York Jets, it was not on the best of terms.

It had been reported in the past that Green Bay officials and Brett himself were worried that he would be booed at by the Packers fans at any ceremony honoring his accomplishments at Lambeau.  Despite his less than clean departure from the Tundra, Brett Favre certainly deserves to receive this prestigious honor.

Favre is eligible for the Football Hall of Fame in 2016 and should be expected to enter on the first ballot.  We would like to congratulate both Favre and the Green Bay Packers on this news.    




Last modified on Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:47
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