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Dwight Edward Clark (January 8, 1957 – June 4, 2018) was an American professional football wide receiver who played for nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1979 to 1987. [1] [2] He was a member of San Francisco's first two Super Bowl championship teams.
In the October 16, 2001 episode "My Old Lady" of the American television sitcom/medical drama Scrubs, when a dying patient David asks if anyone has ever heard of The Catch, Turk comes in and says, "Niners-Cowboys, Joe Montana to Dwight Clark deep in the end-zone, zero time left. Kid, please, don't insult me."
The Catch (American football), a winning touchdown reception by Dwight Clark in the 1981 NFC Championship; The Catch, a reception by Alabama receiver Tyrone Prothro that was named 2006 ESPY Best Play of the Year; The Catch, Tony Gabriel's winning touchdown reception in the Canadian Football League's 64th Grey Cup in 1976
Wide receivers Freddie Solomon and Dwight Clark also were deep threats, gaining a combined total of 1,617 yards and 16 touchdowns. Up front, 3 of the 49ers' 5 starting offensive linemen, Randy Cross , Fred Quillan , and Keith Fahnhorst , had been selected to play in the Pro Bowl.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a type of brain damage that has been found in 345 of 376 deceased former National Football League (NFL) players, according to a 2023 report by the Boston University CTE Center, which has led the effort to diagnose CTE cases.
The 49ers came from behind to win the game on Joe Montana's pass completion to Dwight Clark for a touchdown, a play that came to be known simply as The Catch, propelling Walsh to his first appearance in a Super Bowl. Walsh would later write that the 49ers' two wins over the Rams showed a shift of power in their division, while the wins over the ...
Season Player Pos. Team 1982: Anthony Carter: WR: Michigan: 1983: Don Thorp: DT: Illinois: 1984: Keith Byars: RB: Ohio State: 1985: Chuck Long: QB: Iowa: Lorenzo ...
In 1963, Dean of Freshmen Men at Stanford University Dwight Clark responded to student calls to better equip themselves for the future by organizing a group that visited Hong Kong that summer to engage in a variety of volunteer service projects. [1]