Alright, so you wanna know about that “64” on them fancy football helmets, the ones them 49ers fellas wear? I’ll tell ya what I know, best I can. It ain’t rocket science, ya hear?
First off, them 49ers, they’re a football team. Big fellas, runnin’ around, smashin’ into each other. Don’t rightly understand all the rules myself, but it’s a hoot to watch sometimes, all that huffin’ and puffin’.
Now, this “64” thing… It ain’t just some random number they pulled outta a hat. It’s for a fella, a real good player, name of Dave Wilcox. He played a long time ago, way back when, and he was tough as nails, they say. A linebacker, they called him. Guess that means he stopped the other fellas from runnin’ with the ball. He was real good at it, too.
This Dave Wilcox fella, he passed away recently. Yeah, went on to the great beyond, poor soul. So, the 49ers, they wanted to do somethin’ nice to remember him. They put that “64” on their helmets, see? That was his number when he played. It’s like sayin’, “Hey, we remember you, Dave. You was one of us.”
- So, “64” means Dave Wilcox.
- Dave Wilcox was a great 49ers player.
- He passed away, and the team wanted to honor him.
They wore it during that big game, the Super Bowl. Heard it was a real nail-biter, but them 49ers, they didn’t win. Shame, that. But still, wearin’ that “64” was a good thing to do, a respectful thing. Shows they care about the fellas who came before ’em, the ones who built the team up.
It ain’t the first time they done somethin’ like this, ya know. These football teams, they do this kinda stuff sometimes. If a player was real important, real special, they might put their number or somethin’ on the helmet or jersey to remember them. It’s like a little memorial, right there on the field, for everyone to see.
Now, I heard some folks sayin’ they wore somethin’ for another fella too, a Fred Dean. Don’t know as much about him, but sounds like he was another one of them good players. Guess they wanna remember all the good ones, the ones who made the team what it is.
And them helmets, they got other stuff on ’em too. They got that fancy logo, that little gold miner guy. Looks kinda silly if you ask me, with his hat fallin’ off and all, but folks seem to like it. That miner, he’s been around a long time, they say. Been on them helmets since way back when. It’s like a symbol, somethin’ that tells you right away who the team is.
They used to have a different logo, though. Somethin’ about a fella with pistols shootin’ in the air. Sounds dangerous to me, all that shootin’. Glad they changed it, I reckon. This miner fella is a whole lot safer, even if his hat is fallin’ off.
And they retired jerseys too, you know? That means no one can wear that number no more. Like for a Jimmy Johnson fella, they retired his number. That’s a big deal, retiring a jersey. Means that fella was somethin’ special, the best of the best.
So, there ya have it. That “64” on the helmets, it’s for Dave Wilcox, a good player they wanted to remember. It’s a way of showin’ respect, a way of sayin’, “We miss ya, Dave.” And them helmets, they tell a story, ya see? A story of the team, of the players, of the good times and the bad. It’s more than just a number and a funny lookin’ miner, it’s about the history and the folks who made that football team.
It’s all about rememberin’ the folks who came before, the ones who made the team what it is. That’s what that “64” means, plain and simple.
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