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History of the San Francisco 49ers - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Franchise history. The early years (1946–1979) 1946–1949: Beginnings in the AAFC. 1950s: Entering the NFL. 1957. 1958–1959. 1960s. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973–1975. 1976. 1977. 1978. 1979–1992: The Montana and Jerry Rice era. 1980. 1981: 'The Catch' and first Super Bowl championship.
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The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and joined the NFL in 1949 when the leagues merged. [9] [10] [11] The 49ers were the first major league professional sports franchise based in San Francisco.
May 16, 2024 · The San Francisco 49ers were established in the All-American Football Conference (AAFC) in 1946. The team had a winning record in each of its first four years, but it could not displace the dominant Cleveland Browns, who won every championship in the four seasons of the AAFC.
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Jan 20, 2020 · By Bill Van Niekerken and Steve Kroner. Jan. 20, 2020 1:00 p.m. 1946. 2020. Sept. 8, 1946. The 49ers play their first game as part of the All-America Football Conference. More than 35,000 fans...
Team History. A charter member of the All-America Football Conference, the 49ers took the field in 1946. One of the more dominant teams in the AAFC, San Francisco moved to the NFL in 1950. The team enjoyed success in the early 1970s but rose to the top of the NFL in the 1980s and 1990s.