When the 49ers Were Kings (eBook)

How Bill Walsh and Ed DeBartolo Jr. Built a Football Dynasty in San Francisco

Gordon Forbes (Autor)

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2018
208 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-68358-251-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The remarkable story behind one of the NFL’s greatest teams of all time!

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In 1979, San Francisco was in turmoil attempting to recover from the assassination of two of its leaders: Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. The troubled city was in need of an emotional boost to restore their pride. But as the year drew to a sad close, the city's professional football team, the 49ers, endured its second straight 214 season and it, too, was in deep despair. Critics jumped on Eddie DeBartolo Jr., the new owner, along with rookie head coach Bill Walsh. The thirty-year-old DeBartolo, handed the team by his billionaire father, was the league's youngest owner. Walsh had been passed over in Cincinnati when the Bengals made a coaching change. Yet there were promising signs that the 49ers were headed into a new era. The losses were closer. The player draft included an exciting quarterback named Joe Montana. The favorable signs proved prophetic. Over the next decade, the 49ers created a dynasty that was as unique as it was unexpected, winning four Super Bowls. The heroes were Walsh, the coach of speed and detail and long working hours, and Montana, who proved to be the perfect fit for Walsh's fast-paced West Coast offense. In When the 49ers Were Kings , award-winning football writer Gordon Forbes examines how Walsh and DeBartolo assembled one of the greatest teams in pro football history featuring a legendary cast including Montana, Jerry Rice, and Ronnie Lott and unforgettable moments such as Dwight Clark and ';The Catch,' a key goal-line stand in their first Super Bowl victory, and the last-minute drive capped by John Taylor's Super Bowl-winning touchdown in Walsh's final game. ';The good old days, the days of Camelot,' 49ers executive John McVay called the exciting decade. It was a special time in a very special city when Walsh and DeBartolo made the 49ers kings of San Francisco.

Autor

Gordon Forbes is one of the most prolific sports writers today. In his thirty-five-year career he has covered more than nine hundred games, including thirty-nine Super Bowls. He spent two decades as the pro football editor at USA Today. In 1988, he was a recipient of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Dick McCann Memorial Award. He lives in Lakewood, New Jersey, with his cockapoo, Smarty Jones.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2018
• Zusatzinfo: b/w photographs
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Fahrrad
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1979 • 1981 • 1984 • 1990 • 49er • 80's • autobiographies • baseballs • books on 49ers • books on baseballs • books on championship games • books on championships • books on coaches • books on cowboys • books on faithfuls • books on footages • books on football histories • books on franchises • books on giants • books on newcomers • books on nfl histories • books on postcards • books on pros • books on san francisco 49ers • books on san joses • books on sidelines • books on superbowls • books on super bowls books on autobiographies • books on teammates • books on teams • Bowls • championship game • Championships • Coaches • Cowboys • DVDs • dwight clark • faithful • Footage • Football History • Franchise • Giants • Montana • Newcomer • nfl history • Postcards • Pro • quarterbacking • relive • reliving • San Francisco 49ers • San Jose • sideline • superbowl • Super Bowl • teammates • Teams
• ISBN-10: 1-68358-251-9 / 1683582519
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68358-251-9 / 9781683582519