{"id":116956,"date":"2022-12-22T13:29:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T18:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=116956"},"modified":"2022-12-22T13:29:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T18:29:53","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-hall-of-famer-franco-harris-dies-at-72-sporting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=116956","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Franco Harris Dies at 72 \u2013 Sporting News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=116956\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=116956\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-116957 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/https___stillcurtain.com_wp-content_uploads_getty-images_2022_12_459682730-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/https___stillcurtain.com_wp-content_uploads_getty-images_2022_12_459682730-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/https___stillcurtain.com_wp-content_uploads_getty-images_2022_12_459682730.jpeg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Steelers legendary running back Franco Harris passed away December 20, 2022, at his home in Sewickey, Pennsylvania just hours after he did a radio interview. No cause of death was given at this time. He was 72.<\/p>\n<p>Harris died days before the 50th anniversary of his iconic \u201cImmaculate Reception\u201d, a game-winning touchdown catch which led to the Steelers to victory against the Oakland Raiders 13-7. Harris played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1972-1983. Career highlights include being a 4x Super Bowl champion, a Super Bowl MVP, an NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and an inductee into the Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Franco Harris\u2019 family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Pittsburgh Steelers legendary running back Franco Harris passed away December 20, 2022, at his home in Sewickey, Pennsylvania just hours after he did a radio interview. No cause of death was given at this time. He was 72. Harris died days before the 50th anniversary of his iconic \u201cImmaculate Reception\u201d, a game-winning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1342],"tags":[30137],"class_list":["post-116956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sporting-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-hall-of-famer-franco-harris-dies-at-72-sporting-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116956"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}