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Dec 21, 2022 · Print. PITTSBURGH -- Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back whose heads-up thinking authored the "Immaculate Reception," considered the most iconic play in NFL history, has died. He was 72 ...
Dec 21, 2022 · Franco Harris, a Hall of Fame running back who played 13 seasons in the NFL, has died at 72. The Steelers legend logged 12,120 rushing yards — 15th most in NFL history — and 75 touchdowns ...
Dec 21, 2022 · The Immaculate Reception. Franco Harris was a running back in college at Penn State. He was drafted in the first round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was the NFL rookie of ...
Dec 21, 2022 · Franco Harris was born on March 7, 1950, at Fort Dix, N.J. His father, Cad, who was Black, met his mother, Gina Parenti, who was Italian, in Pisa, Italy, where Cad was stationed as an Army medic ...
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Dec 21, 2022 · He was 72. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) FILE - Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris stands next a statute of himself on Sept. 12, 2019, at Pittsburgh International Airport near Pittsburgh. Harris died on Wednesday morning, Dec. 21, 2022, at age 72, just two days before the 50th anniversary of The Immaculate Reception.
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Dec 21, 2022 · Iconic figure, ‘Mr. Pittsburgh,’ Franco Harris: 1950-2022. Harris died overnight, his family said. No cause was listed. He was 72. “Harris’s loyalty to friends, and devotion to teammates, might be his most towering quality,” observed author Gary M. Pomerantz in this book, “Their Life’s Work: The Brotherhood of the 1970’s ...
Dec 21, 2022 · Franco Harris, whose "Immaculate Reception" was a highlight in a decorated Pro Football Hall of Fame career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks, has died, CBS Pittsburgh confirmed ...
