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Title: RIP FRANCO (NGC)
Post by: Sykestone8886 on December 21, 2022, 06:01:30 PM
As a life long steeler fan sad news about the Passing of steeler lengend and humanitarian Franco Harris just days before 50th anniversary of the immaculate reception and the retirement of the #32 jersey, Franco was a star on and off the field. Strange how things happen. RIP.
Title: Re: RIP FRANCO (NGC)
Post by: cloudbase on December 21, 2022, 07:00:23 PM
A sad day for those of us who are a part of the yinzer diaspora.
Title: Re: RIP FRANCO (NGC)
Post by: Sykestone8886 on December 21, 2022, 07:53:36 PM
Gotta love the Yinzers.
Title: Re: RIP FRANCO (NGC)
Post by: Stretch on December 22, 2022, 04:56:14 PM
I remember watching that game with my brother and my Dad.

Great team - The Steel Curtain Defense, Gerela's Gorillas, The Immaculate Reception
good times following them back then.   :-)

                               -Stretch
Title: Re: RIP FRANCO (NGC)
Post by: hauto on December 22, 2022, 05:12:34 PM
Looking at videos' of THAT play. I really don't think the receiver would of caught the pass. Jack Tatum was a somewhat dirty player. In todays game he would of been flagged for pass interference. Maybe ejected from the game. In the end he put Franco into NFL history book.
Title: Re: RIP FRANCO (NGC)
Post by: LowRyter on December 22, 2022, 05:37:59 PM
Great player.  Great team.

When I saw the title, I thought we we're going to that SNL line.
Title: Re: RIP FRANCO (NGC)
Post by: john fish on December 24, 2022, 11:37:33 AM
Franco was from Jersey but made a home in Pittsburgh where he lived since being drafted.  He gave back to the city and I appreciated that.

Pittsburgh in the 70's was a beat-up city.  Mills closing, lot's of people out of work, lots of people worried about the future.  The Steelers gave us something to be proud and happy about.  Franco was a big part of that.  A gracious man.  He is missed.