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Have we ever seen an NFL player lose his football cleats and wear dancing shoes instead? Oh yes! Anthony Harris recently accompanied a tween girl from Austin to a father-daughter dance. The Philadelphia Eagles’ strong safety Anthony Harris took an eleven-year-old girl, Audrey Soape, to a local church’s father-daughter dancing.

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Audrey’s mother, Holly Soape, reached out to Harris to ask him to take Audrey to the daddy-daughter dancing, and Harris agreed. In addition, before taking Audrey to the dance, Harris bought Audrey a dress and shoes and paid for her hair and make-up.

“Just trying to be a human, tryna take off the helmet, tryna take off the cape of what I do professionally and just show some sympathy for that family……. The people that you care about and the people you love, show support for them,” said Harris to NBC 10 Philadelphia.

A sweet gesture from Anthony Harris wins Soape Family’s heart

The local church daddy-daughter dance was on the horizon, so Audrey wanted her mom Holly, to accompany her. Instead, Holly had an entirely different plan. She reached out to the former Viking, and he happily agreed.

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Holly Soape told Fox News, “I was so anxious and excited for her because she just had the most terrible year.” She said that Anthony turned her night into a truly magical one, as they have in fairytales.

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Audrey added, “A normal player would probably be like ‘I don’t have time for this….’ But he took time out of his schedule to take me, so that was pretty special.”

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An NFL player who opens his heart to a tween girl and takes her to a father-daughter dance is rare indeed. However, the former Viking realized the dream of the little girl and made it come true.

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Anubhav is an NFL writer at EssentiallySports. He is currently majoring in computer science at the University of Delhi, having also previously worked as a content editor for an NGO. Anubhav is a basketball enthusiast and a true Los Angeles Lakers fan.

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