My 2010 Trip To The Pro Football Hall Of Fame: Introduction

[Chris P]

Last year, my trip to see Emmitt Smith get inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame was without a shadow of a doubt the BEST sports experience I have ever had live. I grew up idolizing Emmitt Smith, and being a kid in the 90's, I saw his great career from the start to end, and he is and always will be my favorite Cowboy of all time. Just going to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton is an awesome experience in itself, but to go on induction weekend, there's nothing like it! Since the induction ceremonies are this coming week, I figure I'd use this week to share my memories of last year's festivities. I highly recommend any football fan to go and check out the Pro Football Hall Fame, it's pure football heaven! Stay tuned for most posts during the week of what was an unbelievable and memorable time in Canton, Ohio!

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[Chris P]

My 2010 Trip To The Pro Football Hall Of Fame: Pics Part I

We arrived in Cleveland on Thursday, and on Friday was the first of the weekend's festivities, a party at the Hall of Fame, which was pretty cool (we had access via our sports tour travel package) and then the coolest part, having the Hall of Fame stay open an extra two hours for those who had access which was awesome because you basically get the Hall of Fame all to yourself. At first it didn't seem like a big deal, but the next couple days I was very thankful we were given that opportunity because the place was PACKED during the weekend. Here are some pics from inside the Hall of Fame.

I'll show more pics throughout the week! Enjoy!


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[Chris P]

My 2010 Trip To The Pro Football Hall Of Fame: Pics Part II: The Bronze Busts Room

It really became apparent just how important those extra few hours we were given to ourselves on friday night were because the next day, the rooms where they keep the bronze busts had lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnng lines all weekend. It would've taken hours and even then the room was packed full of people and photos wouldn't have been very difficult to take. So here's the photos of the busts room that we took Friday night. Enjoy!

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[Chris P]

My 2010 Trip To The Pro Football Hall Of Fame Part III: Pics with the Hall of Famers

One of the best part of the HOF experience was meeting the legends that you grew up watching or saw highlights of. Was it expensive?? Yes I met most through the autograph signing that Mounted Memories set up and their prices are pretty expensive, but I told myself how many chances am I every going to get to meet these players and the experience and memories are priceless. It's not opportunity I get every day, so I'd much rather get my autographs in person and get a pic with the athlete than pull it out of a pack anyday. Here's the pics of me with the Hall of Famers

Me with Viking Hall of Famer Carl Eller





Me and arguably the greatest Cowboy QB of all time Roger Staubach



I got Emmitt to sign my football, and I got to shake his hand, but my dad didn't have the camera ready to take the shot and the line was long and there was no time to take a pic with him, this is not my jersey.





Bob Griese was kind of a jerk, he was grouchy and spent most of the time on his cell phone. I didn't even bother asking him to take a pic with me.





As a Cowboy fan you're predisposed to hate the 49ers, but meeting Steve Young was very cool





Jerry Rice was super cool and even made some small talk with me, asking how my trip was, another 49er that I just can't hate even though he killed us mannnnnny times!



One of the biggest surprises to me was what a jerk John Randle was. I thought out of all the hall of famers there he would be the most easy going. That's how we usually came across. Maybe he was burnt out or something but he was very rude to me. I was the only one in his line at the time and before I finished asking if he wouldn't mind taking a picture with me he told me in a loud voice "Nope" without even looking at me. Very disappointing. I had been a big Randle fan because he played his college ball here local at Texas A&I (now A&M) Kingsville which isn' too far from Corpus Christi. That experience though pretty much turned me off from him.







On the flipside, "Mr Cowboy" was nothing but pleasant. Definitely was starstuck that I was meeting all these Cowboy Legends!!









One of the greatest QB's of all time, Dan Marino





Me and Mean Joe Greene





Eric Dickerson surrrrrrrree did look like he still play, he's in awesome shape!



Me with another Cowboy legend, "The Big Cat" Rayfield Wright



I made a blog on my awesome autograph post about this meeting with Gale Sayers. If you donated $20 bucks to his foundation you got an autograph picture and also a photo opp. Very cool and for a good cause.


This one of the biggest moments of my life, and one I will never forget. Seeing Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice give their Hall of Fame speech and the ovation each of them got (Emmitt's was by far the loudest, not to brag lol) is something that I will carry with me the rest of my life. You could feel the electricity and goosebumps, it was so amazing. I feel very fortunate and lucky I was able to witness some true NFL History.

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[cornwellfamily]

Sweet pics and it looks like it would be a blast. Can I be rude and ask how much the whole package cost you?