Sports Illustrated The San Francisco 49ers at 75
Celebrate the championship glory, Hall of Fame personalities, and passionate fans that make the San Francisco 49ers one of the most beloved franchises in football
 
The oldest professional sports team in the Bay Area, the San Francisco 49ers have thrilled their loyal fans for seven and a half decades. Founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference, the 49ers joined the NFL when the leagues merged in 1949.

Playing in old Kezar Stadium at in Golden Gate Park, the 49ers found fleeting success in their early years, reaching the playoffs just once in the 1950s and ’60s. From those humble beginnings emerged one of the NFL’s most successful franchises.

Seven Super Bowl appearances, five Super Bowl victories. A head coach in Bill Walsh who forever changed the sport. And a roster of Hall of Famers: Y.A. Tittle, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, and more.

Sports Illustrated™ celebrates the franchise with The San Francisco 49ers at 75, an extraordinary collection of classic stories and photographs from the pages of SI. This commemorative book also solutes, in words and pictures, the 49ers’ dedicated fans.

From Kezar to Candlestick to Levi's, fans will unearth golden nuggets from the 49ers’s past on each page of this diamond celebration.
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Sports Illustrated The San Francisco 49ers at 75
Celebrate the championship glory, Hall of Fame personalities, and passionate fans that make the San Francisco 49ers one of the most beloved franchises in football
 
The oldest professional sports team in the Bay Area, the San Francisco 49ers have thrilled their loyal fans for seven and a half decades. Founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference, the 49ers joined the NFL when the leagues merged in 1949.

Playing in old Kezar Stadium at in Golden Gate Park, the 49ers found fleeting success in their early years, reaching the playoffs just once in the 1950s and ’60s. From those humble beginnings emerged one of the NFL’s most successful franchises.

Seven Super Bowl appearances, five Super Bowl victories. A head coach in Bill Walsh who forever changed the sport. And a roster of Hall of Famers: Y.A. Tittle, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, and more.

Sports Illustrated™ celebrates the franchise with The San Francisco 49ers at 75, an extraordinary collection of classic stories and photographs from the pages of SI. This commemorative book also solutes, in words and pictures, the 49ers’ dedicated fans.

From Kezar to Candlestick to Levi's, fans will unearth golden nuggets from the 49ers’s past on each page of this diamond celebration.
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Sports Illustrated The San Francisco 49ers at 75

Sports Illustrated The San Francisco 49ers at 75

by Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated The San Francisco 49ers at 75

Sports Illustrated The San Francisco 49ers at 75

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Celebrate the championship glory, Hall of Fame personalities, and passionate fans that make the San Francisco 49ers one of the most beloved franchises in football
 
The oldest professional sports team in the Bay Area, the San Francisco 49ers have thrilled their loyal fans for seven and a half decades. Founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference, the 49ers joined the NFL when the leagues merged in 1949.

Playing in old Kezar Stadium at in Golden Gate Park, the 49ers found fleeting success in their early years, reaching the playoffs just once in the 1950s and ’60s. From those humble beginnings emerged one of the NFL’s most successful franchises.

Seven Super Bowl appearances, five Super Bowl victories. A head coach in Bill Walsh who forever changed the sport. And a roster of Hall of Famers: Y.A. Tittle, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, and more.

Sports Illustrated™ celebrates the franchise with The San Francisco 49ers at 75, an extraordinary collection of classic stories and photographs from the pages of SI. This commemorative book also solutes, in words and pictures, the 49ers’ dedicated fans.

From Kezar to Candlestick to Levi's, fans will unearth golden nuggets from the 49ers’s past on each page of this diamond celebration.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781629379548
Publisher: Triumph Books
Publication date: 11/09/2021
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, is a multimedia sports brand that takes the consumer into the heart and soul of sports.

Table of Contents

The Players 10

A selection of the many players who turned the 49ers into an iconic franchise

Steve Young

John Brodie

Y.A. Tittle

Joe Montana

Joe Perry

John Henry Johnson

Jimmy Johnson

Hugh McElhenny

Ronnie Lott

Dave Wilcox

Charlie Krueger

Leo Nomellini

Fred Dean

Bob St. Clair

Dwight Clark

Jerry Rice

R.C. Owens

Roger Craig

Gordon Soltau

Charles Haley

Tom Rathman

Terrell Owens

Bryant Young

Frank Gore

Vernon Davis

The Stories

A collection of the finest stories on the 49ers from Sports Illustrated

The 49ers Lose Their Cool and Get Hot Tex Maule 118

There's Gold in Them Thar Spills Tex Maule 126

Hitter with Heart Jill Lieber 132

An American Dream Leigh Montville 140

Nothing Short of Perfection Rick Telander 150

The Greatest of Rivals Austin Murphy 158

On Top of the World Michael Silver 166

The Top of His Game Michael Silver 174

The Kap Effect Greg Bishop Ben Baskim 186

The Super Bowls 198

In their first five Super Bowl appearances, the 49ers were 5-0

49ers by the numbers 220

The Covers 226

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