In his 50 seasons working for the Steelers, Bob McCartney filmed hundreds of thousands of plays, from training camp, to preseason games, to regular season games, to postseason games, to every practice that led up to all of those games. And among those plays are the best of the best in Steelers history.
Except one. One that was the best not just in Steelers history, but also in NFL history.
The Immaculate Reception.
It’s not because McCartney wasn’t filming the game. It’s because, well, quite simply, he ran out of film before the game ended.
While McCartney had filmed practice on occasion for the team during the 1972 season, he never filmed a game because he also was working part-time helping in other departments,
