Franco Harris

Franco Dok Harris

Position: RB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 lbs.

Born: March 7, 1950 in Fort Dix, NJ
College: Penn St. (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 102 (126th overall since 1950)
9-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1990

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News -- May 2013

5/12 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Hall of Famer Jack Butler, 1927-2013: Former Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame cornerback and long time BLESTO Director Jack Butler has died after a long battle with...

4/19 Steel Curtain Rising: Isaac "Redzone" Redman to Return to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2013: The ink had barley dried on Steve McLendon’s new contract when news broke Steelers Nation could officially stop worrying about...

3/27 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Decision Not to Take Back James Harrison Shows Team in Transition: Sometimes a clean break is best.At least that’s what the Pittsburgh Steelers are gambling when it comes to James Harrison.Just...

2/27 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Must Look Past Doubts on Jonathan Dwyer: Jonathan Dwyer entered the 2010 NFL Draft after a very distinguished career rushing at Georgia Tech. Yet concerns about the style...
2/2 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia: Leading rusher in two different Super Bowls: A week before the Super Bowl, I asked if you could name the seven wide receivers to start for two different teams that reached...

1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History: Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below...
1/9 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Deja vu for the Falcons?: Much has been written this season arguing that the Falcons are not as good as their 13-3 record. Conversely, the Seahawks have...
1/7 FootballPerspective.com: Jamaal Charles’ 2012 was one of the most inconsistent seasons in RB history: A couple of weeks ago, I heard my buddy and co-worker Sigmund Bloom say on the Footballguys Podcast that Jamaal Charles was having...

12/29 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losses: Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He’s also averaging...
12/21 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Nation: "Generation Immaculate Reception" Celebrates 40 Years: Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris connected through the Immaculate Reception on December, 23rd 1972, combining to make the most...
12/13 Steel Curtain Rising: The Pittsburgh Steelers History vs. the Dallas Cowboys: “Best” in the National Football League is defined by Super Bowl Championships. But how do you decide who is “the best of...

11/25 Steel Curtain Rising: Snake Bitten Steelers Self Destruct vs. Browns, Lose 20-16: If nothing else, the 2012 Pittsburgh Steelers embrace symmetry.For two straight weeks an understaffed Steelers squad has jumped...

10/21 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 21, 2002: Friends, Texans and football fans, lend me your stat sheets. I come not to bury Emmitt Smith, but to praise him. The Dallas Cowboys...
10/10 FootballPerspective.com: Career Rushing Yards over 50 yards in each game: Career statistics can be very misleading, since a player can hang around for a bunch of meaningless years but really pad his totals....

9/21 Steel Curtain Rising: Five Keys to the Steelers Success in 2012: Steelers Nation will soon learn what the 2012 Pittsburgh Steelers are really made of. Since losing Super Bowl XLV the Steelers...

8/6 Steel Curtain Rising: Dermontti Dawson, Jack Butler Round Out Chuck Noll's Hall of Fame Resume: In 1987, Joe Greene and John Henry Johnson entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame together. Happy happenstance allowed the first...

7/3 FootballPerspective.com: Is Matt Forte an elite running back?: Let’s flash back to December 1, 2011. At the time, Chicago Bears star Matt Forte was having the best season of his career...

6/19 FootballPerspective.com: Steven Jackson: the Ollie Matson of the 21st century: Steven Jackson is the Ollie Matson of the 21st century. What does that mean? Before we answer that, take a look at Steven Jackson’s...