Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15, 1969) is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys. He is the league's all-time leading rusher, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest running backs of all time.
Smith grew up in Pensacola, Florida, and became the second-leading rusher in American high school football history while playing for Escambia High School. Smith played three years of college football for the Florida Gators, setting several school rushing records. After being named a unanimous All-American in 1989, Smith chose to forgo his senior year of eligibility and play professionally.
The Cowboys selected Smith in the first round of the 1990 NFL draft with the 17th overall pick. During his long professional career, he rushed for 18,355 yards, breaking the record formerly held by Walter Payton. He also holds the record for career rushing touchdowns with 164. Smith is the only running back to ever win a Super Bowl championship, the NFL Most Valuable Player award, the NFL rushing crown, and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award all in the same season (1993). He is also one of four running backs to lead the NFL in rushing three or more consecutive seasons, joining Steve Van Buren, Jim Brown, and Earl Campbell. Smith led the league in rushing and won the Super Bowl in the same year three times (1992, 1993, and 1995) when to that point it had never been done. Smith is also one of only two non-kickers in NFL history to score more than 1,000 career points (the other being Jerry Rice). Smith was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
Smith played 13 seasons with the Cowboys and two with the Arizona Cardinals. While playing for Dallas, Smith plus quarterback Troy Aikman and wide receiver Michael Irvin were known as "The Triplets," and led their team to three Super Bowl wins during the 1990s.
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Date: 16 May 1969
By PAUL HOFMANN
Paul HOFMANN
Regime bans liberal magazines Reporter and Listy; suspends 3 others, Plamen, Svet y Obrazech and May 69; trade union orgn replaces Prace ed L Velensky with J Vancura; warns wkly Svet Prace ed J Drda to correct pub's ideological 'mistakes'
Date: 15 May 1969
By JOHN H. ALLAN
John ALLAN
Date: 16 May 1969
By LAWRENCE E. DAVIES
Lawrence DAVIES
Police, aided by Natl Guard troops, open fire on rioters near Berkeley campus who were protesting univ's take over of 'people's pk,' tract of land owned by inst but improved in recent wks by hippies, yippies and nonstudents; illus; several persons injured, apparently from birdshot used by police; tear gas also used to disperse demonstrators; disorders occurred shortly after campus rally at which student pres-elect D Siegel shouted 'let's go down and take over park'
Date: 15 May 1969
By VARTANIG G. VARTAN
Vartanig VARTAN
Dow-Jones indus avg, spurred by new peace glimmers, reachs new highs for '69
Date: 16 May 1969
By VARTANIG G. VARTAN
Vartanig VARTAN
NYSE stages mild retreat in response to Nixon s
Date: 16 May 1969
H T Collins Corp signs lease on NE corner of Columbus Av and 69th St; plans to convert 5 old bldgs to apts
Date: 16 May 1969
Special to The New York Times
all scheduled arguments for ct term have been heard, 56 cases are under advisement awaiting decision; Fortas departure will not affect decisions unless Ct is deadlocked, 4-4
Date: 16 May 1969
By ELIZABETH M. FOWLER