The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and joined the NFL in 1949. The name ’49ers’ comes from the prospectors who arrived in Northern California in the 1849 Gold Rush. They were the first major league professional sports franchise based in San Francisco and are the 10th oldest franchise in theNFL. They play their home games at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located 38 miles southeast of San Francisco in the heart of Silicon Valley.
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The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and joined the NFL in 1949. The 49ers won five Super Bowl championships between 1981 and 1994. They’ve played in 7 Super Bowls total which is ranked 3rd all time in the NFL. They have been division champions 20 times between 1970 and 2019, making them one of the most successful teams in NFL history. In 2020, the 49ers were ranked the 12th most valuable sports team in the world, behind the Los Angeles Rams and above the Chicago Bears. The name ’49ers’ comes from the prospectors who arrived in Northern California in the 1849 Gold Rush. They were the first major league professional sports franchise based in San Francisco and are the 10th oldest franchise in theNFL. They play their home games at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located 38 miles southeast of San Francisco in the heart of Silicon Valley. During the 1950s and 1960s they were known for their so-called ‘Million Dollar Backfield’ consisting of four future Hall of Fame members: quarterback Y.A. Tittle, running backs John Henry Johnson, Hugh McElhenny, and Joe Perry. For the next 13 years, they hovered around 490, except for 1964 and 1964 when they went 2–12 and 4–10 respectively. During this time they became the first team to use the shotgun formation, which was actually devised by the man who actually devised the formation, John Brodie.
They became the only full-house inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Famer in the 1960s and 1970s. They are the sixth most-valuable team in NFL, valued at USD 3. 05 billion in September 2019, according to Forbes Magazine. In 1946, the team joined the LA Dons of the AAFC and the LA Rams of the rival National Football League as the first three teams playing a \”big four\”-sport in the Western United States, eventually becoming part of the NFL themselves in 1950. They began play at Kezar Stadium in San. Francisco before moving across town to Candlestick Park in 1971 and then to Levi’s Stadium in 2014. They’ve also played in the most NFC Championship games hosting 10 of them, also an NFC record. In 1957, the49ers enjoyed their first sustained success as members of theNFL, winning their next three against the Rams, Bears, and Packers before returning home to Kezar stadium for a game against theChicago Bears on October 27, 1957. Tragically, 49ers owner Tony Morabito collapsed of a heart attack and died during the game. With tears running down their faces, and motivated to win for their departed owner, the 39-year-old coach Frankie Albert was handed a note with two words: “Tony’s gone.’’ The team won the game, 21–17.
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