🏈 Graded 1974 Topps Franco Harris #220 Pittsburgh Steelers 2nd Year Football Card PSA 7 Near Mint — The PSA 7 Near Mint Vintage 1974 Topps Card of the Fort Dix, New Jersey Hall of Famer Whose "Immaculate Reception" on December 23, 1972 Produced the Most Famous Play in NFL History, and Whose Four Super Bowl Championships With the Pittsburgh Steelers Dynasty Made Him One of the Greatest Running Backs of the 1970s Era of Professional Football

🏈 The Graded 1974 Topps Franco Harris #220 Pittsburgh Steelers 2nd Year Football Card PSA 7 Near Mint is the PSA 7 NEAR MINT professionally graded vintage card of the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back — the Fort Dix, New Jersey native whose career at Penn State under Joe Paterno and then with the Pittsburgh Steelers produced the championship legacy and the individual performance moments that the 1970s NFL era's most storied dynasty generated across four Super Bowl victories. PSA 7 Near Mint on a 1974 Topps football card means the card has preserved across more than five decades in impressive condition — the corners showing light wear consistent with a 50-year-old card, the surface and image quality well above average for a vintage card of this era, and the overall visual presentation that the PSA 7 Near Mint grade identifies as a strong mid-grade vintage example.

🏈 Franco Harris was born March 7, 1950, at Fort Dix Army Base in New Jersey — the military installation in Burlington County where his father, Cad Harris, served in the United States Army, and whose birth circumstance was not the shaping environment of the player Harris became. That environment was Mount Holly, New Jersey, where Harris grew up, and Penn State University, where Joe Paterno's program developed the offensive tools and football intelligence that the Pittsburgh Steelers recognized in the 1972 NFL Draft's first round. Harris's NFL debut in 1972 produced one of the most celebrated moments in professional football history before his rookie season was even three months old.

🏈 The Immaculate Reception — December 23, 1972, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh. The Steelers trailing the Oakland Raiders 7-6 with 22 seconds remaining in the first-round AFC playoff game, fourth down at the Steelers' 40-yard line. Terry Bradshaw's pass to Frenchy Fuqua deflected off either Fuqua or Raiders safety Jack Tatum — the physics of the deflection that remained disputed for decades — and Franco Harris caught the ball near his shoetops at the 42-yard line, ran untouched into the end zone, and the Steelers won 13-7. The Immaculate Reception is the most replayed, most discussed, most argued-about play in NFL history — and Franco Harris's 12-year Steelers career that followed produced four Super Bowl rings, the Hall of Fame, and the confirmation that the rookie's shoelace catch in 1972 was the opening chapter of one of the great running back careers in the sport's history. Harris passed away December 20, 2022, at age 72, just days before the 50th anniversary celebration of the Immaculate Reception. The 1974 Topps card #220 preserves his image from the prime of that championship career. Condition: NOS.

🏈 Franco Harris. Fort Dix, New Jersey. Pittsburgh Steelers. Running Back. Hall of Fame. Immaculate Reception. 4x Super Bowl Champion. 1974 Topps. Card #220. 2nd Year Card. PSA 7 NEAR MINT. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.