What do you do when the man of the hour suddenly passes on? That’s what the Pittsburgh Steelers—and the NFL community at large—are grappling with this week as they prepare to retire the jersey of running back Franco Harris, who passed away suddenly earlier this week.
No cause of death has been yet reported for the 72-year-old, and it’s not my place to speculate. I do know that he was taking part in a media blitz in advance of this weekend’s festivities. One of his very last activities was to sit down with Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward and talk about his past and the Steelers’ present on the Not Just Football podcast.