Brett Favre, also know as OI Gun Slinger, started his career in 1991 with the Atlanta falcons and switched to the Green Bay Packers a year after that. Playing 15 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, he went to the New York Jets and then played with the Minnesota Vikings for the last two years of his career. He spent majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers and is one of the most well known retired quarterbacks to ever exist. The number of records he broke is innumerous with the first NFL quarterback to pass for 500 touchdowns, attempted 10,000 passes, throw for 70,000 yards and completed 6000 passes. In this article,we are going to show the Brett Favre rookie card checklist and his top rookie cards.
Now, we are going to give a rundown of some of a Brett Favre’s top rookie cards.
Though,the normal variant of this card costs only from dollar 5-20,this autographed version is worth a lot more. Recently, from a know source it has been found that this favour card went for over dollar 80 so the autograph makes a huge difference. The card shows favour seated in a bench mid game . According to recent statistics the ROI of the card is going to go through the roof in the next years.
This card is widely available among the Favre card in the Brett Favre rookie card checklist. Though it’s not rare by any means, it’s also very difficult to find it in premium condition . You would have a great deal if you pick it up for less than $40 . This card shows a photo of Favre in his University of Southern Mississippi. The card also shows a print of his mispelled name on the front(Farve).
This Favre Action Packed Update RC shows a photo of this young quarterback looking for a running back out of the back-field . The gold foil and also the rounded edges of this card set it apart from other cards from in 1991. In this card Favre is in a falcons jersey.
A very interesting fact is that the Pro Set is “ THE OFFICIAL NFL CARD”. To denote this card as such the NFL Pro Set seal is at the top left of the card. Apart from the seal and the text box at the bottom, the design of this card is quite simple. This card also has a Spanish edition which looks identical to it except it is written in Spanish and is featured by a different t number(#262)