4.3 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Brett Favre, during his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech in 2016, takes us back to the day after his dad, Irvin, died in December, 2003—a day the Green Bay quarterback threw for 399 yards and four touchdowns in an unforgettable win over the Oakland Raiders.
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0:00.0 | And we continue with our American stories. |
0:15.0 | And up next, Brett Farve back in 2016 gave a Hall of Fame speech that anyone who'd seen it, well, couldn't forget it. |
0:23.7 | He spent his time thanking his entire family, his wife, Deanna, his mother-in-law. |
0:29.0 | But the ex-Packer saved his most passionate words for his father, Irvin, who died on December |
0:34.3 | 2003, a day the Green Bay quarterback threw for 399 yards and four touchdown |
0:41.2 | passes in an unforgettable win over the Oakland Raiders, which was broadcast live and nationally. |
0:48.9 | We'd like to thank the folks at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, for generously |
0:53.8 | allowing our American stories |
0:55.8 | to use their footage. Let's take a listen to Brett. I'm not surprised one bit of the Packer |
1:02.0 | fans here. This is incredible. Incredible. So I thank you. Thank you, Canton. Thank you, Hall of Fame. Thank you, Canton. |
1:11.2 | Thank you, Hall of Fame. |
1:14.4 | Thank you, Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. |
1:20.6 | Believe me, I'm blessed. |
1:24.2 | I'm an extremely blessed man. |
1:26.5 | I look at my family. |
1:28.3 | What a lucky man. To play a game that I love so much for 20 years to have all the wonderful things happen. |
1:39.3 | What a blessing. To share in that joy with you guys here tonight. |
1:45.0 | What an incredible night, what an incredible week. |
1:48.0 | I'll tell you a story. |
1:52.0 | My father would have introduced me here tonight. |
1:56.0 | And Deanna and I, after the game in Oakland, had chartered the plane, our two daughters |
2:03.4 | had went to Mississippi. |
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