Pittsburgh Steelers' hard-hitting former outside linebacker, James Harrison, remains a fan favorite for his incredible accomplishments in the Steel City. Entering the NFL as an undrafted player ...

He was 88. James Harrison, a retired state railway department clerk, died in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales state on Feb. 17, according to his grandson, Jarrod Mellowship.

Harrison, never one to sugarcoat the truth, gave a brutally honest answer—he had no other choice because the Steelers didn’t want him. "They picked me," Harrison said. "[Bill] Belichick picked me.

In Australia, he is a hero, but in Europe, few know James Harrison, an Australian man credited with saving 2.4 million babies through his record-breaking blood plasma donations over six decades.