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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | March 7, 1950 Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died: | December 20, 2022 (aged 72) Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Rancocas Valley Regional (Mount Holly, New Jersey) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Penn State (1968–1971) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1972 / round: 1 / pick: 13 | ||||||||||||||
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Franco Harris (March 7, 1950 – December 20, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a running back for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1] He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was selected by the Steelers in the first round of the 1972 NFL draft. Harris spent his first 12 seasons with Pittsburgh, earning nine Pro Bowl selections, and was a member of the Seattle Seahawks in his last.
A four-time Super Bowl winner with the Steelers, Harris was the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Super Bowl IX. He also scored the "Immaculate Reception" touchdown, one of professional football's most famous plays, which gave the Steelers their first playoff win. Harris was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990.
- ^ "The 10 Greatest NFL Fullbacks in History", Sports Cheat Sheet, December 20, 2015, archived from the original on September 27, 2018, retrieved September 27, 2018