Who is the all-time sporting "Iron Man"? Who is the all time sporting iron man - baseball's Cal Ripkin Jr or football's Brett Favre?

Baseball player, SS, 3B, Baltimore Orioles, Cal Ripkin, Jr's record 2,632 straight games spanned over seventeen seasons, from May 30, 1982 to September 20, 1998.

Brett Favre, QB, Vikings - 296 straight starts (and counting!) He's started 18 seasons from 1992 - through present. Favre is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 70,000 yards, the only quarterback to throw over 500 touchdowns, and the only quarterback to have over 10,000 pass attempts.