Back when the Niners were training pre-season at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, I would ride my bike over there to watch them scrimmage. This was 1956 or so, and at 12 years old I quickly got to know their names by their faces…what fun! One bright St. Mary’s morning our center, Frank Morze, knocked a contact lens right out of the eye of linebacker Matt Hazeltine. Knowing exactly where it happened, I found it, and Matt Hazeltine insisted I join the team for lunch there at the college. Frank took me right to my front door while I rattled off the names of his teammates from those days so long ago.

Source: Daily Sun February 03, 2024 16:03 UTC