Maker of "The Catch" that helped the 49er's win the 1981 NFC Championship. I always thought it should have been called "The Throw" but that's a discussion for another time.
Dead at 61 of Lou Gehrig's disease.
RIP...Way too young.
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Thread: RIP Dwight Clark
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06-04-2018, 05:54 PM #1
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RIP Dwight Clark
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06-04-2018, 06:04 PM #2
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sad. that was a pretty big moment in my sporting memory as a junior high schooler -- oops sophomore i guess. my mom's side is from s.f. so it felt like the home team even though i was in eugene.
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06-04-2018, 06:08 PM #3
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I remember where I was at that moment. Remember hearing he was sick and not looking good. Loved Montana but not a Niners fan per se, but DC was always a good dude from what I can tell. RIP brotha.
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06-04-2018, 06:12 PM #4
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Fuck ALS. RIP Dwight.
My dad was a huge Niners fan and passed last summer from the same thing. It's a horrible disease for the person that has it and their friends and family.
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06-04-2018, 06:59 PM #5
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That's rough. RIP.
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06-04-2018, 07:03 PM #6
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06-05-2018, 09:54 AM #7
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I hope you are now at rest Dwight. You may be gone, but I will never forget you.
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06-05-2018, 11:08 AM #8
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I was 14. My current house happens to be the same house a buddy of mine grew up in. So I was in what is now my dining area with my buddy watching that game. We had grown up with the 9ers being shit and "America's Team" always owning us. The moment of that play is etched in my memory.
By all accounts, Dwight was a great guy. RIP. Terrible way to go.
Where the TV was, I have this framed photo:
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06-07-2018, 09:22 PM #9
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I grew up a Niner fan, me and my brother used to go to games in the early-mid 70s when John Brodie was the QB. We got free tix through the Junior 49er Minor Club, we'd get a raffle ticket for every token we saved from cartons of Berkeley Farms milk and before each home game there'd be a meeting where all the kids would come & they'd show old football movies and sometimes a current player would show up and they'd hold a raffle and give away tix.
I was in college in LA in Jan 82 and it was a nice sunny day so everyone in the dorms was out that day at the pool or at the beach but I was hangin' out watching the game on my little 13". When Clark made The Catch I was shouting so loud and goin' crazy, a couple others who were studying came by to see if I was alright. Bunch of NorCal folks on my floor, we had a big party 2 weeks later for the Super Bowl.
Thanks for the memories I'll never forget. RIP Dwight
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