Dwight Clark dead at 61

[Mac4Lyfe]

Damn, rest in peace. ALS

[funnyb25]

Wow, damnit man. RIP

[GT21Megatron]

Nuts

[jjgold]

sad

[Mac4Lyfe]

[LT Profits]

[LT Profits]

RIP

[Mac4Lyfe]

Everson Walls who was the defensive back that was covering Clark became close friends with Clark later.


“When I did that interview, I was very upset about a couple of guys right around the same time. One of them was Gale Sayers health,” Walls said, referring the Chicago Bears Hall of Famer, whose struggle with dementia was also revealed in March.
“That was a childhood hero of mine, someone who inspired all of us to want to be running backs or classy NFL players.
“You talk about him, Dwight and all the victims of this CTE thing. When you put it all together, it is very upsetting, because this was caused by negligence.”
For Clark and Sayers, there is a possibility that playing football might be a contributing factor to their conditions. The Washington Post pointed out that Clark is at least the fifth former NFL player in the last 10 years to be diagnosed with what is also called Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Clark in his original statement said that he didn’t know for sure whether football caused his ALS, but added: “I certainly suspect it did.”
Walls put it in stronger terms.
“The negligence in the beginning that’s upsetting,” he said. “So you have somebody like Gale Sayers. You have somebody like Dwight Clark. You have all of these other players. Junior Seau.
“And what it does is that it just shows the incompetence. And, really, they knew. I’m talking about NFL management — they knew what was going on and the fact that they chose to ignore it. To me, that’s almost unforgivable.”

[nyplayer33]

Wow...all that hitting cant be good

[Bostongambler]

“The Catch”

RIP

[VeggieDog]

Too young.

[The Giant]

So sad. Horrible disease.

[DwightShrute]

Unreal. Sad.

RIP

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Fawk

RIP

[Bluehorseshoe]

The first bet I ever made. I was getting 2 1/2.

[spurginobili]

Wow...that's a shock

RIP

[Ebumdude]

Damn.

[thechaoz]

RIP

[will2survive]

Great guy. Not fair. I hope Dwight's family donates his brain for CTE research therefore researchers will get a grasp on this situation. It could benefit future generations. Football kills. Such a great sport that randomly destroys lives. No more suffering for Dwight; just his family.

[Shute]

Damn
Didn’t even know he was sick
When was he diagnosed?

[blackbox]

God Bless you Dwight Clark. The memory of a lifetime. The whole family in the living room in tears of joy for your catch. They too have passed. Great moment. RIP gl to all

[lakerboy]

Holy shit. Wow

[19th Hole]

Tragic disease.
Sad to hear of his passing.

RIP

[7deuceoff$uit]

He later worked with and became friends with a family relative. Sent my brothers and I personalized signed photos of the catch. RIP

[JIBBBY]

https://www.ninersnation.com/2018/6/4/17427398/dwight-clark-passes-away-als-complications-49ers

Yup to bad at 61 years old..... Not a fun disease to have that's for sure.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotr...eral_sclerosis

[ex50warrior]

Sad news.

[El Terrible]

football as we know it...Is going to go away

Either that or its going to be played by poor people from poor families, like boxing

[Mac4Lyfe]

Not to take the focus off of ALS that we need more research on but I just found out a good friend of mine has colon cancer and another friend has throat cancer (and he's never smoked a day in his life). MDAnderson here in Houston is a huge city. Thousands of people every day are dying. Folks dying young are very tragic.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

So sad. SI had a pretty good article on this few weeks back.

[nyplayer33]

My feelings are things in the water...from the tap lead to serious health issues.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

https://www.thescore.com/nfl/news/683043-way-back-playback-joe-montana-dwight-clark-and-the-catch

San Francisco kicked the extra point and held on for a 28-27 victory, securing a Super Bowl berth.
Montana reportedly never saw the play happen, as he was knocked to the ground moments after throwing the ball. When defensive end Ed "Too Tall" Jones told Montana, "You just beat America's team," the quarterback's response was priceless.
"Well, you can sit at home with the rest of America and watch the Super Bowl."

[thechaoz]

Ninaz..!!!

let's go!!!


This upcoming season is for Dwight. Guy was such a class act.

I met him at a signing a few years back and he's a total Joe. You wouldn't know him from your barber.

Great man. Big smile. Brave and at peace.

[cankid]

I work a medical job and ALS is one of the most difficult diseases to see someone live with on a daily basis, RIP Dwight

[sweethook]

very sad , rip sir.

[tblues2005]

Way too young. That's really sad.