There are several welcome light moments in the Dwight Clark documentary that premiers Tuesday night on NBC Sports Bay Area.
One of the so-called “Letters to 87” features a note from an 49ers fan whose family lived in Southern California at the time who confessed that in the days before the internet and 24-hour highlights, he saw the stat lines in the paper and just assumed Clark was “a speedy little black receiver from Clemson.”
How did Keena Turner read that letter with a straight face.
“I didn’t,” the former 49ers linebacker cracked. “That one took a few takes.