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Franco Harris is well known for his outstanding career in the National Football League, one so productive that it earned him a 1990 induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. During his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Harris set the standard for the NFL running backs - big, fast, and agile with explosive cut-back ability. He established many team and league records, played in nine Pro Bowls, and led the Steelers' charge to four Super Bowl victories. Harris was named MVP of the Super Bowl IX. Franco's "Immaculate Reception" in the final seconds of the 1972 AFC Playoffs against the Oakland Raiders is considered to this day to be the greatest individual play in NFL history.

After football, Harris applied himself as diligently to his college degree in Food Service and Administration, and his "life's work" these days encompasses an All-Pro business owner of two companies, Super Bakery, Inc. of Pittsburgh, PA and Parks Sausages in Baltimore, MD. Super Bakery is known as "The Leader in Bakery Nutrition", marketing its Super Donuts and Super Buns to school systems in all 50 states. The Super products are MVP-powered with mineral, vitamin, and protein fortification and are especially popular with students. Super Bakery has recently introduced a new line of reduced fat, low fat, and fat free baked goods under the banner of Ultra Baking, "Better Baking for Better Choices", and plans to take the line to both food service and retail marketplace.

Recently, Harris purchased Parks Sausages, a Baltimore-based company rich in history and tradition, and remembered in the Northeast for its famous advertising slogan, "More Parks Sausages, Mom, Please!" Parks is recognized in retail for its specialty breakfast and dinner sausages, and, with a sparkling 133,000 square foot plant, is gearing up to accommodate food service as well. Franco is a hands-on owner who is involved in the dat-to-day operations of both companies, with a special emphasis on sales marketing.

Throughout his careers Harris has been very involved in community service and received numerous honors, including the following: recognition as a distinguished alumnus of Penn State University, the Whizzer White Humanitarian Award, The New York Association of the Blind Humanitarian Award, The American Academy of Achievement, "Golden Plate Award", the New Vectors' David L. Lawrence Award, and the National Urban League's Whitney M. Young Award. He was also named NFL "Man of the Year" in 1976.

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