Man, I can't believe he died when they were retiring his jersey and celebrating The Immaculate Reception this week.
I blather on sometimes about famous people I played hoops with and against, like The Blaze and Cindy Haugejorde and John Amaechi and the Parkhill boys. But I never got to play against Franco Harris. When Harris visited Penn State's Rec Hall after he retired to play pickup, he was always on Court One, which was for Division 1 type players, while I was almost always on Court Two or Three (there were four courts). The man could hoop pretty good for a football player with stubby legs. We'd sit in the bleachers and watch him play.
Time passes quickly. Stunning, really.
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