Saturday, August 8, 2015

Day 3 of the HOF tour got underway with an early wake up time of 6AM, again! We got on the road to Canton, Ohio for the first of the four Halls of Fame, the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame.  It happens to be Enshrinement Night so there were big crowds and special activities and people there.  We got lucky and got a parking spot on someone's lawn for twenty bucks rather than having to go two miles down the road for the shuttle bus. We entered bright and early and headed straight to the Hall of Busts, where all of the Hall of Famers were.  One of the guides told us a story of how Lawrence Taylor wanted his earrings in the bust, but they said no.  Paul Brown and George Halas were not allowed to have their hat, so if they weren't getting their hats, LT wasn't getting his earring.  Another story I heard was how OJ Simpson had his bust stolen and then recovered on the side of the road a few hours later! After a while, went down to the History of the NFL area.  Did you know Jim Thorpe was a coach and a player for the Oorang Indians? That might end up at my fantasy football team name! After this section, we went up to the second area and looked around at some of the gear and other things you could try on.  I also got a chance to call a play that was under review- I got to go under the thing the officials go under. I felt like a real official.  After that, we went to the room with the displays of the players getting inducted this year.  My favorite college team is Notre Dame.  Former ND player, Tim Brown, was getting inducted this year and I got a picture with his 1987 Heisman Trophy. We finally made our way to the modern day era section.  They had a mini movie with a bunch of the players on microphone, which was very funny.  After, our seats rotated us to the gift shop.  We were looking in the hat section when we see Harry Carson, Hall of Famer for the Giants! My grandfather introduces himself, then my dad and then me.  We asked if we could have a picture with him, but he said he can't because he did not want too many people to recognize him and ask for photos.  So, we moved along to checkout with my shirt and went outside to see our picture we took in the beginning.  A few moments later, Mr. Carson sneaks up and says "hurry up, quick, quick." He remembered us and made it possible for us to get a picture with him.  He was such a nice man to come up to us and offer a picture; he could have walked by us and not offered a picture but he didn't.  All in all it was a spectacular experience at the Football Hall of Fame.  Stay tuned because in a short time I will have another post about a surprise stop on our way to Cleveland!

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