Brett Favre: A Packer Fan's Tribute: Third Edition, The Final Season
Tom Kertscher with photographs and afterword by Packers team photographer Jim Biever
On March 3, 2008, the day Green Bay Packers fans have dreaded most, Brett Favre announced his retirement from professional football. Fans nationwide were shocked as they contemplated what the NFL would be like without Favre—one of the best NFL quarterbacks of all time—behind center for the Packers.
This third, expanded edition of Brett Favre: A Packer Fan's Tribute contains everything from the previous editions and more. Of particular interest is a game-by-game recap of Favre's final NFL season in 2007 and an expanded section of fan comments and memories.
Topics include:
- The Streak: Favre's incomparable record of starting 275 consecutive games (including 22 playoff games) at quarterback, a streak more than twice as long as the previous record.
- Cold: The boy from the South won nearly 90 percent of the time at Lambeau Field when the temperature at kickoff was 34 degrees or below.
- MVP: Favre is the only player in NFL history to be named Most Valuable Player three times—and he did it in consecutive seasons.
- Super Bowl: Favre led the Packers to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances, including the team's first Super Bowl victory in twenty-nine years.
- Comebacks: Fans always knew that no matter how much time was left in a game or how many yards the Packers needed to score, Favre could pull out a win.
- Rivals: Under Favre, the Packers won 69 percent of their games against their arch nemesis, the Chicago Bears, in the NFLs oldest rivalry.
- Tributes: Dozens of fans share their favorite memories and offer heartfelt words of appreciation to Number 4.
- Final Season: A game-by-game recap of Favre's 2007 season as quarterback of the Pack recreates the excitement of his final glorious campaign.
Brett Favre is one of the most popular athletes in America in all sports, and his jersey is one of the top-selling NFL jerseys of all time. This revised and expanded edition is a fitting salute to a true American sports hero.
What others are saying about Brett Favre: A Packer Fan's Tribute:
"This book is perfect for anyone who wants to see what makes this strong-armed QB from Mississippi one of the game's greats." —Sarah Braunstein, Sports Illustrated for Kids
"[Tom Kertscher's book] is as on the money as one of Favre's legendary, finger-breaking spirals." —Adam Mertz, Madison (WI) Capital Times
"Brett Favre is the fiercest quarterback ever to strap on pads. Tom Kertscher captures his indomitable spirit and honors his stellar achievements as only a lifelong Packer fan can." —Dwayne Bray, ESPN
"This is a book for the die-hard Packer fan. It is a great commemorative book about a certain Hall of Famer." —John L. Hoh Jr., BookIdeas.com
"Tom Kertscher has written a marvelous book. It takes a great story and a great storyteller to make a book remarkable, and this delivers both." —Adam Wojnarowski, Yahoo! sports columnist and two-time Associated Press sports editors national sports columnist of the year
"Football's greatest player deserves a tribute as good as this one, filled with insights and anecdotes. By the end, you'll be cheering Tom Kertscher's writing along with Brett Favre's heroics." —Greg J. Borowski, author, First and Long: A Black School, a White School, and Their Season of Dreams
"[Kertscher and Biever] capture the essence of what makes Favre a great player, team leader, and humanitarian." —Green Bay Press-Gazette
 | TOM KERTSCHER is a news reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan. He is also the author of Cracked Sidewalks and French Pastry: The Wit and Wisdom of Al McGuire. Kertscher lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his daughter Hailey. |
$24.95, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-58182-683-4 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-1-58182-683-8 (Hardcover)
Hardcover Available September 2008
