1,581 days in a Favre jersey

Posted: Tuesday May 06, 2008 06:47AM ET

David Witthoft finally shunned his Brett Favre jersey for a red shirt for the first time in 1,581 days. The 12-year-old Ridgefield, Conn., boy wore the No. 4 jersey every day since receiving it as a Christmas gift in 2003. David's father, Chuck Witthoft, said that his son's last day wearing the jersey was April 23 on his 12th birthday. Witthoft conceded his son started to become concerned about his appearance after the jersey barely came down to his belt line.

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****??? This tears it.....no one dare make fun of NY fans today.lol

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I just don't know what to say.

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I will assume the shirt was removed for regular visits to the washing machine to have lasted as long as it did.

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bet the shirt smelled like no. 2

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I did something like this once. It was all good. Nobody noticed.

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OK. You caught me.

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Obviously, what you did was not anything like this. You do not where the same shirt everyday for 5 years and nobody notice.

DO_WORK_SON | 05/06/08, 07:51 AM

Sure you could. Wear something over it so it couldn't be seen.

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He is 12 now, and got the shirt in 2003? Like, when he was 7 or 8? The shirt still fits enough to pull over to his belt? Hopefully, it was 5 sizes to big when he got it...

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lol @ Whalers

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Yet another pointless, moronic Truth and Rumor thread initiated by the brain-dead staff at FN...
Fuku-Greco-Roman

You dont seem to be enjoying yourself today.

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The father is just happy that junior did not develop an attachment to a SI swimsuit model.....

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Yet another pointless, moronic Truth and Rumor thread initiated by the brain-dead staff at FN...
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You dont seem to be enjoying yourself today.

jackmanrob | 05/06/08, 08:43 AM


Just the usual here, hope you are A-OK...

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Dirtbag

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Peter King is still the record holder at 2632.

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the father that duct taped his kid in a chair with a GB jersey should seek advice from this kid's father

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scaramouch...

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Smart move by the parents. They saved thousands on clothes for the kid. Maybe even enough to pay for the therapy he will need...

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I would not allow my son to wear the same Jersey everyday for five years. My 7 year old complains becuase he can't wear his USC or RAIDERS gear at least once a week to school. Sometimes a parent has to say NO

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stinky **** little kid

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I would not allow my son to wear the same Jersey everyday for five years. My 7 year old complains because he can't wear his USC or RAIDERS gear at least once a week to school. Sometimes a parent has to say NO
Jabril1217 | 05/06/08, 09:11 AM

My thought is, there a re a lot of other athletes out there that this kid could have picked to idolize. I think that it's awesome he chose someone like Favre and not Vick or Pacman or someone of that ilk.

Personally, I admire the kid for having the wherewithal to go through with wearing it every day. When I was a kid, we would tease the other kids RUTHLESSLY if they wore the same clothes twice in a week. For him to go to school every day for over FOUR YEARS in the same jersey knowing that he's going to get railed on by his peers shows that he's got some internal fortitude. Were he my kid, I would have been sad when he took it off and would have promptly taken him out to buy a new one when the old one got too small. Hell, I may have even gotten one for myself. Sometimes a parent also has to be understanding.

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