Emmitt Smith tours the Hall

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Smith looks over his likeness in a display honoring the game's all-time rushing record holders.

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Emmitt Smith poses with Ohio State University head football coach Jim Tressel prior to touring the Hall. Tressel was in town to speak at the weekly Pro Football Hall of Fame Luncheon Club.

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Smith enjoys exhibits about pro football's early history.

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Emmitt and his wife Pat view displays in A Century of Pro Football Gallery.

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Emmitt examines a display that outlines the great growth of the sport in the 1960s.

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Emmitt admires the busts in the Hall of Fame Gallery. His likeness will be added to the room immediately following his enshrinement in August.

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Pete Fierle, the Hall's Manager-Digital Media/Communications, shows Emmitt some of the Hall of Fame's most recent acquisitions.

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Emmitt looks at his jersey and helmet that he wore when he broke Walter Payton's all-time rushing record.

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Smith in the new Lamar Hunt Super Bowl Gallery.

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Emmitt and family members were also given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Hall's archive which includes a videoconference studio.

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The Hall's archive is home to the greatest collection of pro football history. Here Emmitt checks out his file.