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Anthony Harris is the Man for Doing This
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Anthony Harris is currently a free agent after playing this past season as a starter in the Eagles’ defensive backfield.
Turns out he’s a great dude, as 6 ABC explains here:
A Philadelphia Eagles player went deep in the heart of Texas to make a girl’s dream come true.
In all of Audrey Soape’s 11 years, last year was the worst. She unexpectedly lost her father and then her grandfather.
So when it was time for her school’s “Daddy-Daughter Dance,” her mother, Holly, swung into action, reaching out on social media to Audrey’s favorite football player – Eagles safety Anthony Harris.
“It’s kind of far-fetched…it’s a big ask,” Holly said. “I just asked if he would come, if he’d be willing to come. And he said, ‘not only will I come, I want to make sure she feels like a princess.'”
“I heard about it about a week before the dance. And at first, I was like really nervous,” Audrey said. “I was kind of worried all week that I was going to mess up dancing.”
Harris didn’t just fly in for the dance, he also covered the cost of Audrey’s dress, shoes, hair and makeup.
“He had a car with a driver, come to the house and pick her up,” Holly said. “He really wanted to make sure she had the best possible time.”
That’s awesome. Harris was only here for one season but did some quality charity work as well. Here’s a longer video package from NBC 10 that has all kinds of photos from the dance:
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com