PITTSBURGH — 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.

FILE – In this Dec. 22, 2012, file photo, former Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris stands on the spot of the “Immaculate Reception” after a marker commemorating the ...

Not all of Franco Harris' heroics were confined to the football field. There was also a little-known but valiant stand he took in defense of the city of Pittsburgh against the Ku Klux Klan; KDKA's ...

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 ...

Franco Harris never did. The Pittsburgh Steelers running back kept right on going, ... The moment his shoe-top grab eternally known as the “Immaculate Reception” entered the lexicon, ...