49ers by the Numbers: 9 through 11

by smileyman on Jul 5, 2010 3:01 PM PDT in 49ers By The Numbers

Some more familial relationships in this batch of 49ers. Kicker Matt Bahr has a younger brother who was also an NFL kicker. Jeff Brohm's younger brother is Brian Brohm, whom many of you may recall from his days at Hawaii. Jeff Kemp had a fairly successful career in the pros though he bounced from team to team.. He backed up Joe Montana in 1986 and threw 11 TDs for the 49ers. He's the son of Jack Kemp (former politician and NFL QB)

Player's Name	Position	College	Spot Drafted	Years Played	Jersey Number
Shane Andrus	Kicker	Murray State	Undrafted	2009--	9
Jim Asmus	Punter	Hawaii	Undrafted	1957	9
Barry Helton	Punter	Colorado	102nd	1988-1990	9
Jeff Kemp	QB	Dartmouth	Undrafted	1986	9
Cade McNown	QB	UCLA	12th	2002	9
Matt Bahr	Kicker	Penn State	165th	1981	10
Ed Blount	QB	Washington State	Undrafted	1987	10
Mike Connel	Punter	Cincinatti	260th	1978	10
PJ Fleck	WR	Northern Illinois	Undrafted	2004-2005	10
Jamie Martin	QB	Weber State	Undrafted	2008	10
Mike McCoy	QB	Utah	Undrafted	1997	10
Steve Mike-Mayer	KR	Maryland	72nd	1975-1976	10
George Mira	QB	Miami (Fla.)	15th	1964-1968	10
Dennis Morrison	QB	Kansas State	357th	1974	10
Klaus Wilmsmeyer	Punter	Louisville	311th	1992-1994	10
Jeff Brohm	QB	Louisville	Undrafted	1996-1997	11
Brandon Doman	QB	BYU	163rd	2002, 2004	11
Bob Gagliano	QB	Utah State	319th	1988-1987	11
Dan Melvile	Punter	California	Undrafted	1979	11
Earl Morral	QB	Michigan State	2nd	1956	11
Alex Smith	QB	Utah	1st	2005--	11
Steve Spurrier	QB	Florida	3rd	1967-1975	11
Bob Waters	QB	Presbyterian	83rd	1960-1964	11

Winners:

Representing the number 9: Jeff Kemp. Journeyman QB who's made a long career of coaching.

Representign the number 10: George Mira. Even though he wasn't all that great a back-up QB (his best season he had a completion ratio of 51%) he had a longish career.

Representing the number 11: Alex Smith, starting QB of the 49ers. Earl Morrall had a successful NFL career after the 49ers (especially with the Colts), but he only spent one season with the Niners.

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Man...

Some pretty bad players in that mix. Alex Smith certainly deserves 11, but Steve Spurrier will always stand out.

by David Fucillo on Jul 5, 2010 3:17 PM PDT reply actions

In the 70's ...

it was Broadie , Spurrier , Plunkett then DeBerg …that’s how i remember it …!!

Gotta love a woman that wear's knee pad's to work ...!!

by Edggy on Jul 5, 2010 6:19 PM PDT reply actions

No 10

The number 10 jersey is venerated and iconic in European and South American soccer/football. You will generally find that the 10 is worn by the most important player and certainly at international level the best players of all time have worn 10 – Pele, Maradona, Zidane.

The same culture doesn’t exist in the NFL – I can only think of Brady Quinn from current NFL quarterbacks who wear 10, and I don’t know wpghether he will do so away from Cleveland.

I guess this has to do with the practice of retiring jerseys. It would only take one great player to wear 10 and nobody else would wear it ever again, at least at that club so a tradition doesn’t get the chance to buid up (except I know some like Dallas do not retire jerseys … Is that correct?)

Even in the absence of a culture and a mythology around the 10 jersey, you would think the odd legend would have worn it, as a statistical probability, given quarterbacks generally take numbers in that ballpark and they are usually the most celebrated position.

Although the Niners do not have a resident legend who wore 10, who are the all-time best incumbents of that number around the wider NFL?

LondonNiner - member of the legendary David Carr thread, 6 March 2010.

by LondonNiner on Jul 5, 2010 10:42 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Vince Young and soon to be, Dennis Dixon

Coach Boone: And who's team is this, Gary? Is this your team? Or is this your daddy's team?
Bertier: Yours.
Coach Boone: Now get on the bus. Put on your jacket first and then get on the bus.

by Amigo on Jul 5, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

No. 80 ?

What we've got here is a failure to communicate.

"I'm just like you, but 10 times better"

by SportsChicken on Jul 6, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Francis Tarkenton

Coach Boone: And who's team is this, Gary? Is this your team? Or is this your daddy's team?
Bertier: Yours.
Coach Boone: Now get on the bus. Put on your jacket first and then get on the bus.

by Amigo on Jul 6, 2010 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Spurrier > Alex Smith

Spurrier led the ‘72 49ers to the playoffs (well, Brodie came back in the second half of the last game). Alex hasn’t quite done that yet…

by ToddCommish on Jul 6, 2010 10:22 AM PDT reply actions

He's also a coach now.

What we've got here is a failure to communicate.

"I'm just like you, but 10 times better"

by SportsChicken on Jul 6, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Seriously?

Spurrier never threw for more than 2000 yards in a season. He never had greater than a 55% completion rate. Alex has already beaten those numbers as of last year.

Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority

by smileyman on Jul 6, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Different day and age... 1972 vs. 2009

Hell, even JaMarcus Russell can throw for 2000 yards in a season these days. Like I said, the sole reason for putting Spurrier ahead of Alex is that he led the team to the playoffs… once.

by ToddCommish on Jul 6, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Then explain to me how

John Brodie blew Spurrier’s numbers out of the water yet played two decades before Spurrier came into the league? This while also playing for the same team. In 1971 Brodie threw for 2,642 yards. That’s one year before Spurrier’s best season of 1983 yards. At the time Brodie had been in the league for 15 years so wasn’t exactly in his prime.

Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority

by smileyman on Jul 6, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey, I'm not saying Spurrier was GOOD,

Just that he got the Niners to the playoffs ONE MORE TIME than Alex. Since (aside from 1981-2002) that is pretty much the goal every year, I think that gives an edge (albeit a C- vs. a D+) to Spurrier.

by ToddCommish on Jul 7, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions