Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris dies at 72

by WILL GRAVES | AP Sports Writer

Wed, December 21st 2022, 12:10 PM UTC

FILE - Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris stands next a statute of himself on Sept. 12, 2019, at Pittsburgh International Airport near Pittsburgh. (Nate Guidry/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)

FILE - Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steeler Franco Harris announces a draft pick during the second round of the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 29, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris (32) picks up 10 yards as he turns the corner as Houston Oilers' Robert Brazile (52) tries to make a dive to latch on to Harris to make the stop, during an NFL football game in Houston on Dec. 3, 1978. Harris died on Wednesday morning, Dec. 21, 2022, at age 72, just two days before the 50th anniversary of The Immaculate Reception. (AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky, File)

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FILE - Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris stands next a statute of himself on Sept. 12, 2019, at Pittsburgh International Airport near Pittsburgh. (Nate Guidry/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)