It was a full-circle moment for former NFL great LeSean “Shady” McCoy.

He returned home to Harrisburg on Tuesday to address the Harrisburg Area YMCA ’s annual meeting as it celebrated 171 years of service to the community. Three decades ago, one of the inner-city kids the Y served was a six-year-old McCoy.

“This is where it all started, the YMCA,” McCoy, 37, told the capacity crowd at the National Civil War Museum. “I’ve had a lot of years with the YMCA, for sure. This is like a big family, a big extended family.”

In fact, McCoy said he spotted old faces in the crowd of board members, staff, directors and volunteers who he once knew as childhood friends, their bonds formed at the Camp Curtin YMCA on North Sixth Street in the city’s Uptown where McCoy grew up.

“A lot of guys back her

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