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Brett Favre meets fans at Ridgedale Mall

Hundreds of diehard Favre fanatics flooded Ridgedale Mall in Minnetonka on Saturday to collect autographs on helmets, posters and — in at least one case — their own skin. 
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Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre arrives to the glee of fans before posing with fans for photos and signing autographs at Ridgedale Mall Saturday.
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GalleryGallery: Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre arrives to the glee of fans before posing with fans for photos and signing autographs at Ridgedale Mall Saturday.

Minnesota Vikings fans and Green Bay Packers fans mingled happily while photographing former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, who signed autographs and posed with fans for photos at Ridgedale Mall Saturday.
David Joles – Star Tribune

GalleryGallery: Minnesota Vikings fans and Green Bay Packers fans mingled happily while photographing former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, who signed autographs and posed with fans for photos at Ridgedale Mall Saturday.

Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre signs an autograph on a giant Favre bubblehead belonging to Favre superman Josh Boedigheimer of St. Paul.
David Joles – Star Tribune

GalleryGallery: Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre signs an autograph on a giant Favre bubblehead belonging to Favre superman Josh Boedigheimer of St. Paul.

Favre superman Josh Boedigheimer of St. Paul with his freshly inked Brett Favre autograph. Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback
David Joles – Star Tribune

GalleryGallery: Favre superman Josh Boedigheimer of St. Paul with his freshly inked Brett Favre autograph. Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback

Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre gave a thumbs up to young fan Calvin Lindquist, 9, of Maple Grove, who wore a jersey stitched with a Favre Vikings and Packers jersey.
David Joles – Star Tribune

GalleryGallery: Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre gave a thumbs up to young fan Calvin Lindquist, 9, of Maple Grove, who wore a jersey stitched with a Favre Vikings and Packers jersey.

Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre arrived at Ridgedale Mall.
David Joles – Star Tribune

GalleryGallery: Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre arrived at Ridgedale Mall.

Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre hands over a freshly inked autograph to a Vikings fan.
David Joles – Star Tribune

GalleryGallery: Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre hands over a freshly inked autograph to a Vikings fan.

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