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Author Newhouse, Dave, 1938- author.

Title Founding 49ers : the dark days before the dynasty / Dave Newhouse
Published Kent, Ohio : Black Squirrel Books, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Pre-1946: Football in the Fog; 2. 1946-47: The GI Joe League; 3. 1948: Racism on the Gridiron; 4. 1949: The Maestro; 5. 1950: Stubbing Their Toe; 6. 1951: The Bald Eagle; 7. 1952: The King; 8. 1953: Canadian Sunset; 9. 1954: Buck Stops Here; 10. 1955: Worth a Million; 11. 1956: Favorite Son; 12. 1957: Alley Oop; 13. 1958: Club Hangover; 14. 1959: Red Alert; 15. 1960: Heir, Apparently; 16. 1961: Ring Out the Old; 17. 1962: The Dark Ages; 18. 1963: Playing Hurt; 19. 1964: The Rainbow Runner
20. 1965: Parks and Wreck21. 1966: Money Talks; 22. 1967: Executive Suite; 23. 1968: Turning the Corner; 24. 1969: Eyes of Texas; 25. 1970: Deliverance; 26. 1971: Nasty Man; 27. 1972: The Waiting Line; 28. 1973: Stroke of Bad Luck; 29. 1974: Look, Toto, Kansas; 30. 1975: Ladies in Charge; 31. 1976: Winds of Change; 32. 1977: New Boss Man; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index
Summary The San Francisco 49ers are among the most dynamic franchises, not only in the National Football League but in all of professional sports. They have won five Super Bowl titles and have produced some of football's most dynamic players in Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, and Ronnie Lott, all of whom were coached by Bill Walsh, one of the game's most innovative thinkers. The 49ers' greatness came 35 years after the franchise began in 1946. During those years, they achieved no conference or league titles, even though they produced eight Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, including the celebrated "Millio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject San Francisco 49ers (Football team) -- History
SUBJECT San Francisco 49ers (Football team) fast
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014048974
ISBN 9781631011696
1631011693