Terry Bradshaw was surprised by the death of Franco Harris.
Two former teammates of the PittsburghSteelers were in sunny California for a couple of weeks working on a commercial and reminiscing about their days in black and gold. Bradshaw has battled two forms of cancer, but Harris didn't mention it.
Bradshaw said that they were having a lot of fun. He was told that he had the worst hands in the business. Franco Harris was always positive and had a smile on his face.
Bradshaw did not want to speculate on what caused Harris' death, as the cause of death hasn't been released. Bradshaw said Harris began his career as a running back out of Penn State. The nine-time Pro Bowler played 13 seasons in the National Football League, all but one of them with the PittsburghSteelers. Bradshaw was the most important person in his life. Bradshaw and Harris were elected to the hall of fame.
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Franco thought Hollywood Henderson had roughed me up on a sack and he was angry. Bradshaw was told to give him the ball. It wasn't a problem for me to call my own plays.
Bradshaw looked up to see that the Cowboys safeties were moving up to the line. Harris scored on a 22-yard run after barreling through the line into the open secondary for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Bradshaw joked that it was the perfect play call for the perfect back against the perfect defense. I like Franco Harris stories.
He was a great man. He'd pick me up whenever I was down.
Jimmy is a sports reporter for Shreveport-Bossier. Send him an email at jwatson@shreveport Times.com.
Terry Bradshaw said that Franco Harris was a "great guy" with "worst hands".
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