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https://www.foxnews.com/sports...ulate-reception-dead I remember watching him as a kid. Great player. Just days before they were set to retire his number. Because son, it is what you are supposed to do. | ||
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| Uppity Helot |
Dang. Rest In Peace Mr. Harris. | |||
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RIP. Great player. The Immaculate Reception. JEREMIAH 33:3 | |||
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I have a football autographed by Franco. I just texted my brother who lives in Pittsburgh. He visited me a couple of weeks ago. I should have given it to him so his friends could drool over it. I told him I would never sell it but would give it to him. | |||
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They were just going to have a party for the 50th anniversary of the immaculate reception. | |||
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| Awaits his CUT of choice |
Born in 70 I grew up in Pittsburgh during the Steelers dynasty. Franco was an all time great as a player and revered in the city. After retirement Franco had been active in the community to this day. It would have been great for Franco to see the retirement of his number. The Steelers have only officially retired two numbers and Franco's #32 will be the third. | |||
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| No, not like Bill Clinton  |
RIP Franco One of my childhood heroes | |||
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Ammoholic |
Was just talking about this with someone the other day. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| come and take it |
Grew up in Dallas as a Cowboys fan in the 70s. Franco was a worthy adversary! Those Steelers/ Cowboys games in the 70s are legendary. I have a few SIGs. | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
That’s sad. Terry Bradshaw, who threw that ball, is in bad health (cancer) and looks terrible, he may not be far behind Franco. . | |||
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RIP! I remember watching The Immaculate Reception live as it happened. I was 11 years old and have been a life long Steeler fan since. Steve "The Marines I have seen around the world have, the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps." Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945 | |||
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My wife is from Pgh. She claims that half the city was in the stadium the day of the IR, and the other half was watching on TV (even though the game was blacked out in the area). Pittsburgh seems to have attracted many fine players who not only played the game well, but showed good qualities of character and personality as well. Maybe not Bradshaw so much, but Franco is near the top of that list. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Yet another part of my youth is gone. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
The Immaculate Reception. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Sad event and bad timing. Wife is from Pittsburgh.  | |||
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Reports he has bladder cancer and it is in remission. Treated at Yale Medical center. | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
He also has Merkels Cell Carcinoma. I can't imagine dealing with 2 cancers. That sucks, and I wish him and his family the best. | |||
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I was 8 in 1978. Steelers versus Cowboys in the Super Bowl. My mom's douchebag boyfriend was a Steelers fan. So, I was for the Cowboys. By the 4th quarter, I was a committed Steelers fan. I've never left them. Franco was one of the main reasons why. Loved that guy. Not the quickest RB. Not the fastest RB. But maybe the smartest RB. Followed blocks like a beast. RIP Franco. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
Rocky Bleier did not hurt either. This is sad news. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Harris, Bradshaw, Swann, Stallworth, Ham, Lambert, Greene, Greenwood. Man, I used to hate these guys, because they used to own the Cowboys every time they met. But, they are legendary. Q | |||
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