As the 49ers finalize their long-term deal with Jimmy Garoppolo (the future GOAT), and fans argue over Brady vs. Montana, it’s a good time to remember San Francisco’s less heralded great quarterback (and I don’t mean Steve Young. Or even Jim Druckenmiller.)
Clarence Beeftank, born in 1937, was undoubtedly one of the fastest and most powerful quarterbacks ever, and probably the best single-threat running quarterback in history. (What little we know about him survives in Jon Bois’ “Breaking Madden” series here on SB Nation.)
He was also one of the NFL’s first great Twitter personalities.