1976 49ers: What Could Have Been

[oldecapecod11]

by JuggernautJ » Fri Dec 25, 2015 3:07 am

Rupert Patrick wrote:
Don't forget when he showed up he also burned the 49ers historical artifacts and documents...

"I will never forget (or forgive) that.
"It was the football equivalent of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
"(Historian joke)"

Nay! Not so. The burning of the Library of Alexandria had only "suspects" - no clear perpetrator.
You might, however, liken it to The Bonfire of the Vanities, executed by Savonarola, then a henchman of the Medici.
But, oh, how the tide did turn...

[racepug]

and the magnificent Cleveland Elam.

I've been putting the finishing touches on an All-Time San Francisco 49ers team (for a football simulation I have) and upon looking at Cleveland Elam's career I am somewhat mystified by it. According to Pro Football Reference he had two stellar years (1976 & '77) and other than that - pretty much nothing. Can anybody explain why Cleveland Elam's career had the arc that it did?

[RichardBak]

Short answer---bad knees and too lazy to work out. From Nov. 16, 1978 Tennessean.

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[7DnBrnc53]

I was looking at a preview of the book "And Morton Said to Elway" on Google Books, and Craig said that he was almost traded to the 49ers in 1974 before he was traded to the Giants. Interesting. I know someone who told me that the 1974 49ers were better than the 1972 49ers, and that they were missing a QB.

[Bryan]

I know someone who told me that the 1974 49ers were better than the 1972 49ers, and that they were missing a QB.

That's highly possible since the 1972 Niners weren't all that good, but the 1972 Niners were also missing a QB, too.