Editor’s note: Former 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark confirmed in a publicly-posted letter Sunday evening that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Here is that letter, reprinted in its entirety.
MY STORY
In September of 2015, I started feeling weakness in my left hand. I was mildly paying attention to it because since my playing days, I’ve constantly had pain in my neck. I was thinking it was related to some kind of nerve damage because it would just come and go.
After months of tests and treatment, I got some bad news.