The San Francisco 49ers are celebrating Dwight Clark Day today at training camp and no matter how much we write, say, show, or produce, it will never be enough to do the man justice. Dwight Clark transformed the San Francisco 49ers with The Catch.
As the legend goes, the 49ers were on 3rd and 3 with under a minute left against the Dallas Cowboys. Bill Walsh dialed up a play and quarterback Joe Montana, after being chased to the sideline by five defenders, heaved the ball in the air. Clark was in the endzone and leaped into the air to pluck the would-be thrown away ball out of the sky.