Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  We have a new one to unveil today, that of the San Francisco 49ers. 

The San Francisco 49ers history goes all the way back to 1946, where they were a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and were the first professional team in the Bay Area.  They joined the NFL when the two leagues merged, but it was not until the 1980s where they had any significant success.

Legends like Joe Montana, Steve Young, and Jerry Rice arrived, and they won three Super Bowls in the 80s (XVI, XIX & XXIII) and two in the 90s (XXIV & XXIX).  With an overall Super Bowl record of 5-2, the 49ers are one of the most successful teams in league history and one of the most popular.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NFL.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2019 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always, we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Jerry Rice

2. Joe Montana

3. Steve Young

4. Ronnie Lott

5. Leo Nomellini

We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.  

Look for our more material coming soon!

As always we thank you for your support.

Brent Jones was a Fifth Round Pick from Santa Clara, and the Tight End would only see ten Receptions in his first two years in football, although he was a member of San Francisco’s Super Bowl XXIII Championship Team.

A Fourth Round Pick from Auburn in 1986, Steve Wallace played all but his last season with the San Francisco 49ers.

Arriving in San Francisco in his fifth season, Garrison Hearst would have the best and also most traumatic time in football with the Bay Area team

Jeff Garcia was undrafted in 1994, but the San Jose State Quarterback went up north to play in the Canadian Football League for five seasons with the Calgary Stampeders. Garcia was successful in Canada, where he was a four-time CFL All-Star and was a Grey Cup Champion, and this got him signed by the 49ers to backup Steve Young.

Matt Hazeltine came from the University of California as a Fourth Round Pick in 1955, and the Linebacker remained in his native state through the majority of his pro career.

Ken Willard was a two-sport star at the University of North Carolina, where he Fullback also excelled at Baseball, so much so that he was recruited by Ted Williams and the Boston Red Sox.

Abe Woodson is arguably the best Returner in San Francisco 49er history.

Bruce Bosley was a Second Round Pick from West Virginia, and in his rookie year (1956), he was playing on the defensive side of the ball at Left Defensive End.  That would be short-lived as he only played six Games in 1957, but he rebounded in 1958, now playing at Left Guard.

Fred Quillan was a late round pick from Oregon in 1978, and the former Duck played all of his professional games in the National Football League with the team that drafted him, the San Francisco 49ers.

Frankie Albert was the 10^th overall pick in 1942 by the Chicago Bears, but remember, the year in question was 1942.  The Stanford graduate would serve in the Navy for World War II, and upon his return, he would opt to play for his home state for the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the Pacific Coast League, before joining the San Francisco 49ers of the upstart All-American Football Conference.

The first player to accumulate five Super Bowl Rings was Charles Haley, who collected the first two of those finger jewelry as a San Francisco 49er.

Dwight Hicks began his professional career with the Toronto Argonauts, only a few hours from where he played his college ball (Michigan).  After a year in Canada, Hicks signed with the San Francisco 49ers, where he would bring passion and character.

The legend of Dwight Clark was cemented with one Reception, simply named "The Catch."  But fans of the San Francisco 49ers know that Clark was more than that one moment.

From Utah State, Len Rohde played his entire career with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played from 1960 to 1974.

Guy McIntyre was a Third Round Pick in 1984 from the University of Georgia, but he was not used as a starter in his first four seasons, but rather a Special Teams and role player.

Dana Stubblefield made an impact after being taken 28^thOverall, in 1993, the former Kansas Jayhawk won the Defensive Rookie of the Year with a 10.5 Sack season. 

Forrest Blue was a First Round Pick from Auburn in 1968, and after a rookie year as a backup and Special Teams player, he would prove worthy of being taken so high.

Charlie Krueger was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M, which translated to a First Round Draft Selection (Eighth Overall) by the San Francisco 49ers, which would be the only team he ever played professionally for.

Michael Carter had an incredible 1984.  Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers after his college career at SMU concluded, Carter competed and won the Silver Medal in the shotput at the 1984 Olympics, and he was a backup Nose Tackle on a Niners team that won Super Bowl XIX.  This made Carter the first man to win an Olympic Medal and a Super Bowl in the same year.