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brett favre-Green Bay Packers quarterback facts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre announced his retirement on Tuesday, ending one of the National Football League's most fabled careers. Here are some facts about Favre and his career:
Born - October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi
1991 - Atlanta Falcons make Favre their second-round pick, number 33 overall in NFL Draft out of Southern Mississippi.
1992 - Traded to Green Bay for a first-round draft pick.
1992 - Replaces injured quarterback Don Majkowski (ankle) in Game Three, goes on to post 8-5 record and claim starting job he will not relinquish for 16 seasons. Is named to his first NFC Pro Bowl squad.
1995 - Selected to start at quarterback in Pro Bowl. Named NFL's Most Valuable Player.
1996 - Culminates season by leading Packers to 35-21 victory over New England Patriots in Super Bowl to give Green Bay its first NFL title in 29 years.
1997 - Named league MVP third year in a row, leads Green Bay back to Super Bowl but ends up on losing side in 31-24 loss to Denver.
2003 - Plays in all 16 games despite fracturing the thumb on his throwing hand in the team's seventh game of the season requiring him to wear a protective splint the rest of the year. Selected to his eighth Pro Bowl after leading Packers to their ninth playoff appearance in his 12 years.
2004 - Extends his NFL-record streak of consecutive postseason games with a touchdown pass to 16 in 2004 season NFC wild card game against Minnesota
2006 - Becomes the NFL's all-time leader in pass completions and first to reach 5,000 completions
2007 - Sets NFL records for most career wins as a starting quarterback (160), most passing yards (61,655), most touchdown passes (442) and interceptions (288)
2008 - Loses in NFC title game to New York Giants in overtime, one step short of Super Bowl in what became his last game at the end of a streak of 253 consecutive regular season starts -- 275 including playoff games.
(Compiled by Larry Fine, editing by Miles Evans)
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