49ers brotherhood, community shines at Dwight Clark Legacy Series originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SAN JOSE — You’d be hard-pressed to find many organizations in all of professional sports with a richer history and stronger community than the 49ers.
It was on full display yet again at the annual Dwight Clark Legacy Series event on Thursday night at the California Theater in San Jose.
Players past and present showed out to support a great cause and raise money for The Golden Heart Fund, including Pro Football Hall of Fame alumni and current 49ers superstars.
Here are three observations from the fourth annual event:
The inseparable LB duo
Linebacker Dre Greenlaw was the recipient of the Dwight Clark Award, which “honors the current 49ers player who best exemplifies Dwight’s spirit of teamwork and camaraderie.”
Before Greenlaw took the stage, he was introduced by fellow 49ers linebacker and close friend Fred Warner. The duo has become one of, if not the best linebacking tandem in the NFL partly due to their inseparable bond on and off the field.
Warner and Greenlaw are the closest of friends and train together throughout each offseason. However, this summer will be different. Greenlaw is recovering from a torn Achilles tendon and is expected to begin the 2024 NFL season on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list.
However, there is little doubt that Greenlaw won’t attack his rehab with the same tenacity and vigor that Warner has grown accustomed to.
“On the field, he’s a little bit crazy … That’s what makes him so great, there’s a little something off about him,” Warner said of Greenlaw to NBC Sports Bay Area’s Laura Britt.
Generations of QBs with different paths
The final hour-plus of the event featured a panel of four 49ers quarterbacks, spanning four different generations, each having their own unique place in franchise history.
From left to right, Brock Purdy, Alex Smith, Jeff Garcia and Steve Young sat on stage with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco. The…
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Publish date : 2024-05-17 19:39:05
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