Ball Thrown by Favre for First Game-Winning TD Sold at Auction
Brett Favre was launched onto the NFL stage in 1992, when his late touchdown pass to Kittrick Taylor resulted in a Packer victory.
Now, the football that Favre threw has been sold at auction. Taylor consigned the unique piece of sports memorabilia to Heritage Galleries of Texas, which put it up for bid in the company's recent catalog auction.
The winning bid was $9560, which included a 19.5% buyer's premium charged by the company.
Favre’s target for the historic connection, who saved the ball as a personal keepsake since that improbable comeback victory orchestrated by the untested second-string quarterback. Favre’s famous second career touchdown pass (his first came earlier in the same game) was coincidentally Taylor’s first career touchdown reception. “After following [Favre’s] career further,” Taylor explained, “I saw what was going to happen, so I started to cherish the ball more, now knowing it is going to be an historic piece of property.”
The football, notated in Taylor’s hand and autographed by Favre himself, was accompanied by an autographed photo of Taylor celebrating in the end zone, the football held aloft in his right hand. It is inscribed to the eventual winning bidder, “Hope you enjoy owning this football as much as I enjoyed catching it.”