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Nov 16, 2006 · It was a partisan crowd that cheered former NFL great Emmitt Smith onto victory at the Dancing with the Stars finale on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
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Smith was born in Pensacola, Florida, the son of Mary Smith and Emmitt James Smith, Jr. He attended Escambia High School in Pensacola, where he played high school football and ran track for the Escambia Gators. During Smith's high school football career, Escambia won two state football championships, and Smith rushed for 106 touchdowns and 8,804 ya...
Smith accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Galen Hall's Florida Gators football team for three seasons from 1987 to 1989. He did not start the first two games of his college career in the fall of 1987, but made the most of his opportunities in a second-week rout of T...
Despite his collegiate success, some NFL teams still felt that Smith was too small and slow for the pro game. He fell to the 17th pick in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft, when he was chosen by the Dallas Cowboys, who traded up to draft him. Smith was the first player in NFL history to rush for 1,400 rushing yards or more in five consecutive s...
In September 2005, Smith signed on to serve as a studio analyst on the NFL Network show, NFL Total Access. At halftime of the Cowboys-Redskins game broadcast 19 September 2005 on Monday Night Football, Smith was inducted into the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor with his long-time teammates Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin. On 23 July 2006, Smith was a ju...
Smith was initiated as a member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity at the University of Florida. He returned to the university during the NFL off-season to complete his coursework, and graduated with his bachelor's degree in public recreation in May 1996. Smith has a daughter, Rheagen Smith, with ex-girlfriend Hope Wilson. Smith married former Miss V...
In the fall of 2006, Smith won the third season of Dancing with the Stars with professional dancer Cheryl Burke. Smith was praised for "making dancing look manly" and for his "natural charm," and Burke was given credit for coaching Smith while still allowing him to improvise some moves.
He returned to Dancing with the Stars in its fifteenth seasonas one of the "All-Stars" contestants. Smith once again had Cheryl Burke as his professional dance partner. They were voted off during the ninth week of the competition.
Emmitt is the first NFL player (retired or active) to win Dancing with the Stars.His former Cowboys teammate Michael Irvin, appeared in Season 9, finishing in seventh place.Come watch all 17 videos of Emmitt and Cheryl from Season 3 of Dancing with the Stars. Thanx to CherylBurkesAta for posting these great videos and for allowi...
Oct 22, 2012 · SAMBA-Emmitt Smith's Fifth Dance - Dancing With The Stars. No copyright infringement intended. All material used is the property of the respective original owners. WEEK 5, SAMBA,...
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Aug 2, 2017 · Emmitt Smith: Gains from Dancing with the Stars. Emmitt Smith says being on Dancing with the Stars earned him new fans and offered viewers are rare look at his work ethic and...
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Nov 16, 2006 · NEW YORK – Emmitt Smith, three-time Super Bowl champion, was named the winner of ABC's " Dancing with the Stars " Wednesday night. The NFL's all-time leading rusher beat out actor Mario...
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Jun 13, 2007 · After 600 spray tans, one fake romance you couldn’t pay me to care about, and 10 eliminated contestants, Emmitt Smith has been crowned champion of the third season of Dancing With the...
