The San Francisco 49ers, also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners, are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area that compete in the National Football League as a member of the National Football Conference West division. The team plays home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, 38 miles southeast of San Francisco, and is named after the prospectors of the California gold rush. It was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference, joined the league in 1949 when the leagues merged, and was the first major professional sports team based in San Francisco.
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He played for the San Francisco 49ers
Steve Young (Wikipedia)
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primarily with the San Francisco 49ers
Terrell Owens (Wikipedia)
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by the San Francisco 49ers
Randy Moss (Wikipedia)
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with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and San Francisco 49ers
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He also played for the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, and San Francisco 49ers
Alex Smith (Wikipedia)
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selected first overall by the San Francisco 49ers
Christian McCaffrey (Wikipedia)
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for the San Francisco 49ers
Nick Bosa (Wikipedia)
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for the San Francisco 49ers
Brock Purdy (Wikipedia)
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for the San Francisco 49ers
Malcolm Smith (American football) (Wikipedia)
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He also played for the Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Dallas Cowboys, and Cleveland Browns.
Jim Plunkett (Wikipedia)
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Plunkett was traded to the San Francisco 49ers
Wikipedia, Joe Montana
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Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers.
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He won three Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers before two shorter stints at the end of his career with the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks.
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