49ers Return To Roots
How many 49ers fans remember the "one-day wonder"?
It occurred in 1991, when the team announced that its helmet logo would change from "SF" to "49ers."
Hell fire and brimstone hailed down upon the storied franchise as fans and media blasted the doomed proposal, which was dropped as a serious proposal after a single day.
Some faithful saw it as a sell-out in anticipation of what they thought would be the team's eventual move to another locale because San Francisco was—and remains—too dysfunctional to properly carry off permitting a new stadium.
The tidal wave of public furor only subsided when the 49ers franchise withdrew its ...
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