Brett Favre was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on October 10, 1969. He was the secondchild of Irvin and Bonita Favres four children. His younger years were spent growing up in Kiln,Mississippi. He was very well rounded and enjoyed baseball as well as football. Many people sayBrett inherited his skills form his father, who had been a pitcher at Southern Mississippi. Yearslater Brett gave another version crediting his mom, who had played a great deal of softball in heryouth.Brett attended Hancock North Central High School, when he was in the 8th grade he ledthe baseball team in hitting with a .325 batting average. He would be the leading hitter for fivestraight seasons.Also in high school Brett improved on his football skills and became quarterback hissophomore year. But Brett was sidelined the same year with mononucleosis and missed the entireseason. He entered his Junior year not having played quarterback for a high school team. ButBrett led the team to a 6-4 record on the season. Because Brett did not have a chance to throwmuch he was not regarded as a top ranking quarterback for college scouts.The only Division1 school that had a clue about Favre was his fathers alma mater theUniversity of Southern Mississippi. This is where Favre spent his college years playing for theGolden Eagles. He was being recruited as a Defensive Back but the first day of practice he beganto throw the ball around and heads began to turn. The Southern Miss coaches stopped and tooknotice of Bretts skills. As the number three quarterback he wasnt playing at all.In 1988 Brett had his big break. He broke the school record of touchdowns by throwingfor sixteen scores, and set another Southern Miss mark by throwing at least one touchdown passat each of his nine consecutive games.His five interceptions in 319 attempts game him a 1.57 interception ratio. That was thelowest among the nations top 50 passers. Brett was well on his way to national r...
