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Rice, Smith among 7 elected to Hall of Fame
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NFL greats Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith led a class of seven into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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The NFL’s career receiving and rushing leaders were joined in the Hall by John Randle, Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Floyd Little and Dick LeBeau. Little and LeBeau were elected as senior committee nominees. “I am just honored ... to stand up there with greatness,” Rice added before breaking down in tears. Rice and Smith both made it in their first year of eligibility. They were elected a day before the Super Bowl, a game they each won three times. “This is almost perfect,” Smith said. “I don’t think even Steven Spielberg could have written a script this nice.” They will be inducted into the Canton, Ohio shrine on Aug. 7. Nobody could stop Rice, the league’s top pass catcher and all-time touchdowns leader, when he played for San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle. Rice made 1,549 catches for 22,895 yards, had 14 1,000-yard seasons and scored 208 touchdowns. Nor could they handle Smith, who rushed for 18,355 yards and 164 touchdowns for Dallas and Arizona.
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Benzer Haberler 
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