St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame tight end Jackie Smith in 1970. (National Football League)

New York Giant Andy Nelson, almost obscured by sheet of flying mud and water, gets a face full of it as he hits the wet deck after knocking pass out of the hands of St. Louis Cardinals Jackie Smith (81) Nov. 15, 1964. But Nelson had even worse luck. He was called for pass interference and the Cardinals gained 23 yards on the play. Moving in on the action is Lou Slaby. (AP Photo/Fred Waters)

St. Louis Cardinals tight end Jackie Smith (81), member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1994, in a photo circa the mid-1960s. (National Football League)

Jackie Smith (81) of St. Louis Cardinals juggles a pass from quarterback Jim Hart, not shown, but manages to hold on in second period, Nov. 19, 1967, Chicago, Ill. (AP Photo/Larry Stoddard)

Tight end Jackie Smith #81 of the St. Louis Cardinals heads to the huddle against the Los Angeles Rams during the 1975 NFC Divisional Playoff Game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California on December 27, 1975. (National Football League)

St. Louis Cardinals tight end Jackie Smith #81 of the East watches from the sideline against the West in the 1967 NFL Pro Bowl at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 22, 1967 in Los Angeles, California. (National Football League)

St. Louis Cardinals tight end Jackie Smith (81), member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1994, runs upfield in a game circa 1976. (National Football League)

Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Jackie Smith before the NFL Pro Bowl, on February 6, 1994, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. (National Football League)

Former St. Louis Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys tight end Jackie Smith waves to the crowd at his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on July 30, 1994, at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio. (National Football League)

Bud Grant, Randy White, Leroy Kelly, Jackie Smith, Tony Dorsett, and Jimmy Johnson are introduced as the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1994 on the field before the NFC's 17-3 victory over the AFC in the 1994 NFL Pro Bowl played on February 6, 1994 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. (National Football League)

St. Louis end Jackie Smith gathers in a 19-yard pass from quarterback Buddy Humphrey in the first quarter of the Cardinal-Washington Redskins game in St. Louis on Oct. 24, 1965. Paul Krause (26) moves in on the play for the Redskins, who won their first game of the National Football League season, 24-20. (Associated Press)

Tight end Jackie Smith (81) talks with Cleveland Browns field goal specialist Jim Bakken Dec. 8, 1967. Smith, 27, has rolled up some impressive records this year to lead the Cardinals in receiving. (AP Photo/Fred Waters)

St. Louis Jackie Smith (81) brings down a Jim Hart (not pictured) pass in the end zone for a first-quarter touchdown at RFK Stadium, Dec. 20, 1970, Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Charles W. Harrity)

A wide open Dallas Cowboys Jackie Smith misses a tying pass in the end zone against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third quarter of Super Bowl XIII game in Miami, Fl., on Jan. 22, 1979. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)