Word: 49ers
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...called "30-pull" in the San Francisco 49er playbook. The quarterback spins and fakes to the fullback who is following a pulling guard and tackle. But the ball is handed to O.J. Simpson, who takes it up the middle. But there was a difference last week as the 49ers called 30-pull late in their season finale with Atlanta: Simpson was carrying the ball for the last time after eleven years of professional football and a thick sheaf of records: most yardage in a single season; most career 200-plus-yard games (six); most consecutive 100-plus-yard games (seven...
...Fouts, former announcer for the San Francisco 49ers, young Dan almost literally grew up on the sidelines, serving the team as ball boy. He tossed footballs with John Brodie, Billy Kilmer and Y.A. Tittle. When Dan signed up for a local Pop Warner team at ten, he wanted to be a receiver. His father quickly vetoed that idea, insisting he play quarterback. The son does not regret that Foutsian bargain: "If he hadn't, I'd be wearing a white belt, white shoes and selling real estate today...
Bill Walsh, coach of the hapless San Francisco '49ers: "We have a young team. Some of the guys are in their first year and some of them may be in their last year...
DIVORCED. O.J. Simpson, 32, running-back star of the San Francisco 49ers and Hertz Rent-A-Car commercials; and Marguerite Simpson, 30, an amateur painter; after eleven years of marriage, three children; in Santa Monica, Calif...
Sunday, November 28: Second Wind! The Patriots play the Broncos in a must game and no matter how boring the Giants-Seattle game is, Phyllys George revives and sustains you through that snoozer, and the Rams-49ers tilt after that. Fatigue settles in around 7:45 p.m. and after a quick gargle with Gatorade, you black out to end your vegetable four-day weekend...