PITTSBURGH — To mark the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception, let's look back and remember 10 of the greatest catches in Steelers history:
Franco's moment
Many great sports moments are commemorated in statues. Think Mario Lemieux's "Le Magnifique" goal portrayed outside PPG Paints Arena. Or Bill Mazeroski's World Series home run from 1960 captured in bronze outside PNC Park's right-field gate. Few are marked at the exact spot where they happened. The Immaculate Reception is one. Fans can retrace the legendary step Franco Harris took that December day in 1972 by visiting the plaza that celebrates it outside of Stage AE on the North Shore. Not just with a bronze cast of Harris' foot in the ground, but with concrete markings of where the Three Rivers Stadium turf used to reside, allowing them to look up at their surroundings and imagine being in the middle of the chaotic scene that ensued when Harris scored to beat the Raiders and launch an iconic dynasty. That's one way of knowing a catch was pretty good.
