It's great when you're heading to one location and you discover something else along the way. After spending the morning checking out the Mayborn Museum (which was just a few blocks away), we spent the afternoon here. The most interesting part of the Hall of Fame was the museum section which had various displays of Texas athletes. Many of the displays had jerseys, baseball cards, and other associated memorabilia to give you a sense of the history that you were looking at.
While it was expected to have both college football and NFL players (as represented by Ricky Williams and Troy Aikman, respectively), it also covers other sports athletes. Some of my favorite ones were Mike Modano (NHL -- Dallas Stars) and Mia Hamm (Soccer). Some of the treasured pieces of history are a signed hat from Tom Landry, soda with the image of Roger Staubach (NFL -- Dallas Cowboys) on it, and trophies won by George Foreman (Boxing). This covered not only people who played for Texas teams, but were also from the Lone Star State, like Pittsburgh Steelers legend Mean Joe Greene. In area there was a display of the all Wheaties boxes any of these athletes had ever graced.
There's also a theatre named after Tom Landry which showed various sports highlights of the athletes represented here. The sports hall of fame was built in 1951, and Texas was the first state to have such a collection like this. In addition to the historical aspects, there's also a wing dedicated to various college-level sports from the state, and a banquet hall which hosts gatherings. It'll take a couple hours to explore this, but it is worth your time to do so.
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