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Frank Gore: His Position Among 49ers Greats
One of the exciting aspects of this past Monday's game against the Saints was the halftime ceremony retiring Jerry Rice's #80 jersey. I'm a big fan of 49ers history, which is one of the reasons we have had howtheyscored providing all sorts of historical insight as to the franchise over time. During...
49ers All-Time Fullback
Last week we wrapped up the offensive line with the #2 guard, won by Randy Cross. With that completed I thought we'd wrap up the offense as a whole with the fullback position. I think this position creates an area of debate that I'd like to resolve for future ballots. Joe Perry is currently the...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1974
What follows is a brief historical summary of the San Francisco 49ers' 1974 season. After the retirement of John Brodie, how would the offense respond? Who would emere, if anybody, as the new quarterback of the future? For a team coming off of a 5-9 season and only appearing to get worse, could...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1966
I hope you'll enjoy this historical recap of the San Francisco 49ers' 1966 season. 1966 was the season of the NFL-AFL merger. More important for the 49ers, though, was the emergence of multiple stars on offense in 1965, including the long-awaited breakout of quarterback John Brodie. How would they...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1965
Date: Opponent: Score: Record: Opponent's Record: Sept. 19 Chicago Bears W: 24 - 52 1-0 0-1 Sept. 26 Pittsburgh Steelers W: 17 - 27 2-0 0-2 Oct. 3 @ Baltimore Colts L: 24 -...
49ers All-Time Fullback
First off, I am not yet ready to announce the #2 CB for our all-time team. Eric Wright has stormed back to take a 3-vote lead over Deion Sanders. If you haven't voted for #2 CB, head here to vote. In the meantime, I thought I would open the polls for the next position, the all-time fullback. ...
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