San Francisco 49ers Memorabilia

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Founded in 1944, the San Francisco 49ers, known to many fans simply as the Niners, played its first season in 1946 in Kezar Stadium, just off Golden Gate Park. The team was part of the All-American Football Conference, which was to the National...
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Founded in 1944, the San Francisco 49ers, known to many fans simply as the Niners, played its first season in 1946 in Kezar Stadium, just off Golden Gate Park. The team was part of the All-American Football Conference, which was to the National Football League what the American Basketball Association was to the National Basketball Association—a fierce rival. But the AAFC lasted only four seasons, and in 1950, the 49ers joined the NFL. At Kezar, from 1954 to 1956, the 49ers fielded the so-called Million Dollar Backfield, which consisted of four future Pro Football Hall of Fame players: Y. A. Tittle at quarterback, Joe Perry at fullback, and John Henry Johnson and Hugh McElhenny in the halfback positions. The 49ers moved to Candlestick Park in 1970, and it was there that the team enjoyed its glory years of the 1980s and '90s. The change began in 1979 with the hiring of Bill Walsh as head coach. Also arriving that year were Joe Montana and Dwight Clark, who would lead the 49ers to an impressive comeback victory against the New Orleans Saints in 1980. The next year, the 49ers would win the Super Bowl. On the way, during the NFC Championship game against the Dallas Cowboys, Montana would throw a six-yard touchdown pass to Clark to win the game in the final seconds. Today, that play is known as The Catch. The Niners won their second Super Bowl in 1984, thanks largely to the heroics of running back Roger Craig, who scored three touchdowns on a combination of 58 years rushing and 77 yards receiving, although Montana earned the game's MVP trophy. Then, in 1985, Jerry Rice arrived. He snagged the MVP trophy in Super Bowl XXIII, and scored three touchdowns the following year in Super Bowl XXIV, when the 49ers became the only team to win consecutive Super Bowls under different head coaches (Bill Walsh and George Seifert). The Steve Young era began in 1992, when the quarterback was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player, despite injuries that saw him occasionally...
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