PITTSBURGH (AP) — 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.
Harris’ son Dok told The Associated Press his father passed away overnight. No cause of death was given.
Harris ran for 12,120 yards & won 4 Super Bowl rings with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s.
Harris, the 6-foot-2, 230-pound workhorse from Penn State, 8 times topped 1,000 yards rushing in a season, including 5 times while playing a 14-game schedule. He piled up another 1,556 yards rushing & 16 rushing touchdowns in the playoffs, both second all-time behind Emmitt Smith.
Harris signed with Seattle, running for just 170 yards in eight games before being released in midseason. He retired as the NFL’s third all-time leading rusher behind Walter Payton and Jim Brown.
“I don’t even think about that (anymore),” Harris said in 2006. “I’m still black & gold.”
Harris is survived by his wife Dana Dokmanovich and his son, Dok.
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