Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen. Meeting this evening as a group Green Bay Packer and NFL fans we recall many unforgettable moments in Packer history. From big hits to miraculous passes, we will have in the back of our minds forever. Every Sunday we are glued to the television watching the Packers. Win or lose our fans have always been there to support the team. It is a privilege to have with us a man who thrilled many spectators. Win or lose he was always there to boost the fans and players moral, Brett Favre.
Brett Favre grew up idolizing a pair of Southern quarterbacks, the Saints' Archie Manning and the Cowboys' Staubach. He grew up in Kiln, Mississippi and went to high school in there. His high school, Hancock North Central, honored him this past May by re-naming the field, 'Brett Favre Field,' and unveiling a life-sized statue of the quarterback at the stadium's entrance. The school previously had retired his jersey, Number 10, in 1993. He stayed in the south to go to college where he went to Southern Miss. He became the starter at Southern Miss in his third game of his freshman season. Favre majored in special education. He led his Southern Mississippi team to 29 victories, including two bowl victories, during his four varsity seasons, 1987-90, and climaxed his collegiate career by earning a MVP award in the East-West Shrine game featuring the nation's best seniors. Favre set school records for passing yards (8,193), pass attempts (1,234), completions (656), completion percentage (53.2), touchdowns (55), and with only 35 interceptions. His production included five 300-yard passing games and five 3-TD performances, while his 7,695 regular-season passing yards ranked him among the top 30 of all-time NCAA passers. His 1.57 interception ratio in 1988 was the lowest among the 50 top-ranked passers in the nation, and his 2.9 interception rate for his four-year career also ranks as one of the best in NCAA history. Also he was the MVP of the All-American Bowl at the conclusion of his senior year. All those records and stats and that was only in college!!!
With the thirty-third pick in the 1991 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons choose Brett Favre. A little less than a year later, Atlanta traded Favre to Green Bay for a first round draft choice. Now in his 13th season in the NFL. Behind Favre, Green Bay has had nine playoff appearances including five division titles.
The vikings were furious with defensive linemen Bobby McCray and Remi Ayodele for knocking Favre to the ground with a high-low hit. While coming off a block, Bobby mccray fell forwards and landed while hitting favre below the knees, which put him out of the game momentarily with an ankle injury. Later, Vikings head coach Brad Childress commented that there were more than 10 other instances where a saints player tried to knock favre out of the game. Mike Pereira, NFL vice president of officiating, said at least one of those hits should have been called as a personal foul. Zygi Wilf, Vikings owner, complained several times to the league about his concern for favre, but no action was taken at the time. Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, later implied that many hits on Arizona Cardinals Quarterback Kurt Warner were severe enough to have been called
“The Green Bay Packers are a non-profit corporation held by the citizens of Green Bay to run it’s football team”,who I think are the best, arguably are the most storied franchise in the National Football League, were organized on Aug,11, 1919, in the dingy second-floor editorial rooms of the old Green Bay Press-Gazette building, located on Cherry Street in downtown Green Bay. Never imagining what might become of the semipro football team being formed that day, nobody documented who was there or how many were on hand. There had been no announcement of the meeting beforehand, and the Press-Gazette provided no details about it the day after.Whether a full complement of players attended or if it was simply a
Jerry Rice was a hardworking brick layer with his dad and his siblings. He found out about football from school when the coaches there picked him up. Jerry Rice was very talented and caught the eye of college scouts and was enrolled at Mississippi Valley State University in 1981. Through his 4 year college career, he hauled in 4,692 receiving yards and collected and 18 Division I-AA records.
He is in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame. He was won 59 games in his Career and lost 57 games, while having 8 ties. He has thrown for 24,410 yards. That ranks 73rd for the most passing yards ever. That’s ahead of Hall of Famer, Roger Staubach. He has also thrown for 170 passing touchdowns. That ranks 61st for the most touchdowns ever thrown. That is ahead of Hall of Famers, Sid Luckman, Bart Starr, Roger Staubach, and Troy Aikman. He now lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He became the NMSU Chemical Engineering professor, but retired in 2012.
Tim Tebow was called a “miracle baby” because his parents were told he had to be aborted for his mom to live. Through that time his family prayed to God for a miracle. God protected Tim and on August 14, 1987 he was born. He was raised in a Christian home in the Philippines, where his parents told him “God has a special plan for your life” (Tebow). When Tim was three years old his family moved back to the United States. Tim homeschooled up until high school, but played football for Nease High School in Ponte Vendra. He attended college at the University of Florida from 2006-2009. He
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Incorporating religion by adding “I believe in god, and i believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour-- his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear-- is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted in the field of battle”. Using religion and his emotion to show how important it is when men work hard to win. With this type of analysis the players felt a little more motivated after hearing how Vince said something real that is true. Vince also implies “I have finished twice in my time at Green Bay”. Vince knows a lot about winning but he’s showing that he knew what it takes to do both but would rather want to win.
Did you know that Joe Montana grew up in a town where many other great quarterbacks grew up for example Dan Darino and become one of the best to ever play. Joe had a amazing life he won many awards and become very famous over the years. He has a beautiful wife and two kids. Joe montana is one of the greatest football players to ever play.
There is no question that Peyton Manning is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time. He holds the record for practically every single category for quarterbacks in the NFL. Manning holds the record for most career passing yards at 71,940, most career wins as a quarterback with 200, most career passing TDs with 539, most career 4,000-yard seasons with 14 and the list goes on and on. If so-called experts determine the greatest quarterback of all-time based on statistics alone, then Manning is the runaway winner.
Many think Tom Brady is a great quarterback. He has great statistics and has won many Super Bowls.
...y would argue that no other quarterback will be able to ever match his level of success. Even though he was interested in other sports as a young boy, it is crystal clear that he was supposed to play football. At six feet five inches and 230 pounds, we can assume that he would be a formidable opponent in any sport; but looks don't count. Actions are what count, and Peyton has certainly delivered in that department.
“I'm a pretty good winner. I'm a terrible loser, and I rub it in pretty good when I win”-Tom Brady (brainyquote.com). Tom Brady is the New England Patriots starting quarterback, and without a doubt he is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. In fact without him the Patriots would have never even went to a Super Bowl. Now that the Patriots have the legendary Tom Brady on their team they went to six Super Bowls and even won four. However Tom Brady wasn't always as good as he is now he started from the bottom like everyone else.
What truly is amazing is the person Tim Tebow represents off the field. He is a devout Christian who works to spread his religion and give hope to those in need. Tebow has been involved with controversy that started in his days in high school, due to a law in Florida that allowed him to pick his high school. Tebow is possibly the only player to be under national scrutiny from his high school playing days through his career in the NFL both on and off the field. Most of this controversy is because of his faith and how he displayed it on field. The best way to describe him is to say that he is a polarizing person and player in the sense that people either love or hate him. Tim Tebow is, indeed, a great person and role model on the playing field as well as off of it.
In 1933 Vince accepted a football scholarship Fordham University. He was an aggressive player on the field; he played the tackle position on defense and was part of the offensive line. His senior year at Fordham looked to be impressive from the start of the season, the had high hopes of going to the Rose bowl but the dreams were destroyed when they lost the final game of the season to New York University. The game was a close hard battle between the two teams and end with a score of 7-6. Lombardi learned that game to never underestimate your opponent (3 Lombardi Life Events). Fordham finished that season 5-1-2 that season. Be...
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