Tuesday, July 31, 2012

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?

Tuesday, July 31 – Since our arrival in Canton 12 days again, we have been having a wonderful time visiting with family and friends. One stop we made is to our daughter, Kelly's, new place. She has accepted a new teaching position in Parma City Schools. She will be teaching math at one of the high schools. She has also moved. We think these apartments used to be condos.

Kelly's new place.
kelly's place in streetsborough

After visiting, we took Kelly and Dave out to dinner. How nice it is to be with her.

Kelly and Dave

This week is the biggest week in our hometown. It is Pro Football Hall of Fame week. The HOF opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter enshrinees.

HOF sign

There are now a total 267 members of the Hall of Fame, including the most recent six honorees announced in February 2012.

Canton, Ohio, was selected as the location for the Hall of Fame for three reasons:
First, the NFL was founded in Canton in 1920 (at that time it was known as the American Professional Football Association);
Second, the now-defunct Canton Bulldogs were the first two-time champion of the NFL and were based in Canton during the first few years of the league;
Finally, the community of Canton successfully lobbied the NFL to have the Hall built in their city.

Groundbreaking for the building was held on August 11, 1962. The original building contained just two rooms, and 19,000 square feet of interior space. In April 1970, ground was broken for the first of many expansions.

This WAS the front of the Hall of Fame until a few months ago.old front of HOF

This is now the new front. It is really beautiful. They retained the football shaped dome as a side entrance.
 new front of HOF

Visitors entering the museum are greeted by a seven-foot bronze statue of Jim Thorpe, considered a legend of pro football dating back to his days with the Canton Bulldogs in the early 1900s. There are the Teams of the NFL Exhibition Area, the Hall of Fame Gallery, Pro Football Adventure Room, Moments, Memories & Mementos Gallery, and The Lamar Hunt Super Bowl Gallery just to name a few of the areas inside the Hall.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game is an annual National Football League exhibition game that is held the weekend of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's induction ceremonies. The game is played at Fawcett Stadium, which is located next door to the Hall of Fame building. It is traditionally the first game in the NFL's preseason.

stadium

This year's enshrines are Jack Butler, Dermontti Dawson, Chris Doleman, Cortez Kennedy, Curtis Martin, and Willie Roaf. They will be formally inducted during the Enshrinement Ceremony held in Fawcett Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 4.

inductees

This year's game is between the Arizona Cardinals and the New Orleans Saints.

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The kickoff for this big week's events started two weeks ago with the Balloon Festival. This week there are several autograph sessions with past enshrinees, the Ribs Burn-off starting on Wednesday-Friday, HOF Fashion Show on Friday afternoon, Enshrinees' Gold Jacket Dinner Friday evening, Timken Grand Parade on Saturday, 2012 Enshrinement and concluding with the HOF game played on Sunday night. Marsha will be attending the big parade so be prepared for a post on that event.

We found this map that represents the NFL team locations and fan base. Someone did a pretty good job in designing it. We are located where you see the Cleveland Brown's helmet in Ohio.

football map

Marsha is THRILLED about the hummingbirds this year. She says she has an excuse for why the house isn't clean…HUMMINGBIRDS. She sits by the window starring at them, or she is running outside with the camera to take another 4,000 photos of them. GEESH…enough all ready.

hummingbirds

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y'all back real soon. Have a great day!

15 comments:

  1. Kelly's new digs look really nice. Congratulations on her teaching job...no easy feat these days.

    Although we have passed it numerous times, we have never visited the HOF. Noticed the prices was $17 for seniors. Is it worth it?

    Every picture that you can capture of a hummingbird is special...they're so fast!

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  2. So nice to see you guys have slowed down a wee bit. Kelly's home is really a wonderful looking place. They really did do a facelift on the HOF. Are you going to the game? Go Cardinals.

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  3. I'm not much of a football fan. . .but you can NEVER have too many pics of hummingbirds. . .

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  4. Is it football season already? Love the hummingbirds. I can watch the birds, the deer and all the other critters all day long.

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  5. Nice to be home and see family. Enjoy.

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  6. Sure is nice to spend time with Family!

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  7. The Canton Bulldogs were 2 time NFL champions ... who knew?

    I'm about ready for some football - as soon as the Olympics are over!

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  8. Great looking family! You just keep right on shooting those hummingbirds ..I"m right there with you! :-)

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  9. Have seen the road signs for that museum many times, now i know what it looks like:)

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  10. nice to see that you are enjoying your time visiting with your family!..
    ready for some Football?..sounds like a great idea!!

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  11. Hummingbirds win over football any day of the week in my opinion. :)

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  12. Anything football, or baseball for that matter, goes over my head ... I guess because I didn't grow up with either sport.

    I like Marsha's excuse for not cleaning house ... I'm sure I'll be borrowing it and coming up with a few of my own :-)))

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  13. Nice looking kids,,,I know you are enjoying them...... I'll be ready in about a month for some football.. I only follow our two Schools College teams anymore,,, Big Red (Nebr Cornhuskers) and Pats school FSU. (Florida State).....
    It won't be long..... We are taking off for about 10 days in Montana on Aug 9th.... Glacier NP here we come.......

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  14. Always nice to be with family. That's a great picture of Kelly and Dave. And I like your hummingbirds photos too. I LOVE football, but I stick with the college version. Those pro-boys are too rich for my blood hahaha.

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  15. Hummingbirds always trump housekeeping. They are so amazing to watch and much more entertaining than dust bunnies. :)

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