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How the Pro Football Hall of Fame selects its artifacts

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A HEATING COIL from the "Ice Bowl;" ankle tape from Tom Dempsey's record 63-yard field goal; Hall of Fame running back Edgerrin James' dreadlocks: They're just a few of the 25,000 artifacts, 40 million documents and 6 million photographs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame archives in Canton, Ohio.

For Pro Football Hall of Fame archivist Jon Kendle, who oversees the Hall of Fame's collections, the more unique the item, the better.

"It's something that I've challenged our team with ... to start thinking outside the box a little bit when it comes to collecting.