Chapter 1 Who the 49ers are Contrary to the belief of many people, the San Francisco 49ers are based in Santa Clara, 48 Miles south of the namesake city. The San Francisco 49ers, created in 1946, are one of the most legendary franchises in the NFL. With 5 Super Bowl wins and some of the greatest players of all time such as Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young, Ronnie Lott, and Terrell Owens. The 49ers organization has made a vast impact on the history and decisions of the League. Fans The 49ers Nation proudly has one of the largest, international and most loyal fanbases in the NFL with approximately 4 million fans worldwide. Fans of the 49ers are known as the faithful and the 49ers catchphrase is “Faithful to the Bay”. Fans are spread across …show more content…
Tony Morabito, Founder of the San Francisco 49ers, had seen the rise of sports across the Bay Area, which led him to plead his case to the NFL in 1942. The result, Tony Morabito was ushered out of the room with a firm politeness. The NFL had not whatsoever considered his proposal. Tony Morabito is still working on his dream of a football team in the Bay Area. In the spring of 1944, Morabito took another crack at an expansion team, Tony Morabito and some of his business colleagues traveled to Chicago to present his case to the league commissioner Elmer Layden. Once again, Tony was rejected. The league had reasoned there were no teams west of Chicago and they planned to keep it like that. Following this, Tony Morabito was put in touch with Arch Ward, a sports editor for the Chicago Tribune who had been attempting to organize a rival league to the NFL. On June 6th, 1944, (yes D-Day), the All-America Conference held its first meeting, marking the beginning of the 49ers' dynasty. According the the text “Morabito owned the new All-America Football Conference franchise with his partners in the Lumber Terminals of San Francisco – Allen E. Sorrell and E.J. Turre – and his younger brother, Victor.” The AAF would not commence until after the War. On September 8, 1946, the 49ers played their 1st official game at Kezar Stadium where 35,000 fans attended. During their time in the AAF, the 49ers were fairly dominant, only being handed losses from a few teams. In December 1949, the All-America Conference merged with the National Football League, a groundbreaking move that led to 5x Super Bowl Champions. Soon after, in 1957, 49ers founder Tony Morabito died from a heart attack mid-game. The players learned about this travesty at halftime and came back from a 10-point deficit, shutting out the Chicago Bears in honor of Tony Morabito. This travesty had forever altered the course of the
Colin Kaepernick. Almost everyone knows the name. A Quarterback; a legend; a 49er; and a disgrace. On August 26th,2016, at a preseason game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers, Colin Kaepernick made his opening debut that left fans in an uproar in more ways than one. Throughout the playing of the National Anthem, Kaepernick was found sitting on the bench, refusing to rise. Many spectators found this sight unbelievably disrespectful and were quite shocked by his actions
The numerous ups, downs, and controversies surrounding the life of former star football player OJ Simpson have led to a strangely divided collective memory of the man. The term collective memory refers to a shared pool of information held in the memories of a group from aggregated individual recollections. The story of OJ Simpson’s life is both sad and puzzling after overcoming adversity to become one of the best football players of all time and a public figure beloved by many Simpson would go on to
start with the teams on bye this week. Also a quick note:I did not call the Thursday night game because if you watch a game between the Bills and the Jets, then turn around the next week and watch a game between the Jaguars and the Titans, God help you. Atlanta Falcons (6-3) What we have found out about Atlanta this year is that just because you look good in no way means that your good. Coming into this bye week the Falcons have suffered terrible losses to two teams who good teams just do not lose
The rise of Football Unlike baseball it is commonly acknowledged that football drew its inspiration off of a British sport. The British sport that football gained some of its inspiration from is rugby. Although some of the inspiration came from rugby, most came from a sport not well known by Americans but was commonly played in English schoolyards known as Mob Football. Mob football is often described as a hectic or chaotic game due to the lack of rules involved. While there was a lack of rules
in Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Nashville, San Francisco, St. Louis, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, D.C., and are in the planning stages in Boston, Dallas, Minneapolis, New York, and Pittsburgh. Major stadium renovations have been undertaken in Jacksonville and Oakland. Industry experts estimate that more than $7 billion will be spent on new facilities for professional sports teams before 2006. Most of this $7 billion will come from public sources. The subsidy
the sports world. Not only did he start off young as a football star, but he also was able to become a pro baseball player as well. Ever since high school he's been a star: his goal was to become a famous, wealthy, and admired athlete. Playing both football and baseball, he was able to achieve this goal. Sanders is the only man to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. He became an all star from a young age, playing basketball, football, baseball, and track. He was able to letter in all sports
sporting events, such as golf, during the weekends. Scott Stossel states that "more than six million Americans enjoy watching golf on the weekends." Parents use sports as a teaching tool for their children. Kids learn teamwork and discipline from team sports programs and sports have also helped many students with their grades. Kids who want to compete in school sports are taught to keep their grades up or they won't be able to play, but the greedy coaches and schools often look around grades