San Francisco 49ers: The Old Heart Attack Kids are Not Yet a Cohesive Team

November 8, 2010   ·   Keith Mathews   ·   Jump to comments

I’ve been a 49ers fan since 1980, the year my new father-in-law took me under his wing and taught me how to watch a football game. He was a well-known radio announcer for the Denver Broncos and was appalled that I did not watch football because I thought football to be a game for dumb jocks.
Showing me the strategies, tactics and skills used in the game, as well as introducing me to several professional football players, among them a doctor, a philosopher and one soon-to-be history professor disavowed me of my old prejudices and gave me a new and wonderful pleasure to pursue.  
Craig Morton, the Bronco quarterback during the “Orange Crush” days, met us for dinner one night after a game, walking in with the help of two clumping, heavy, metal canes. I had watched him wander about the pocket for the entire game and it never occurred to me that he was playing on painful knees that had long since seen their better days.
I found him to be humorous, urban...

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