The 49ers are bringing John Brodie’s No. 12 jersey out of retirement so Trent Dilfer can wear it as a tribute to the former quarterback.
A formal announcement is expected July 27, the day before the 49ers open training camp. A club spokesman declined to confirm the news, but Brodie and Dilfer did.
Dilfer, a longtime friend of Brodie, broached the subject in a phone call to Brodie within hours of being traded to the 49ers two months ago.
“I’d love to honor you by wearing your number. Is that all right?” Dilfer said he told Brodie. “And he said, `Yes! Yes!’ He was all fired up.”
By getting Brodie’s number back in circulation, Dilfer said he hopes to build sentiment for a drive to get Brodie in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
[Mercury News]
Arock49 said:
Now if we can just get him to play like Brodie!.... All kidding aside, I like Dilfer… solid pickup!
2 hours after the fact.ed gein said:
i like this idea, every time i see or read something to do with dilfer and the niners i like him more and more, did anybody see him on cold pizza yesterday, i like the way he feels about us as a team and about smith, besides we can always use another hall of famer, maybe it will be inspirational to smith, GO NINERS!
3 hours after the fact.EezyE said:
ditto to the above two comments. even if he doesn’t contribute much on the field, i think his off the field contributions are really going to help our young team out in both the short run and the long run.
3 hours after the fact.CaseyJames said:
I am a huge fan of the Dilfer pick up but not of unretiring Brodie’s number. If Brodie didn’t give his blessing I would be pissed but seeing that he did I guess it’s ok. I just hope Joe Montana never gives permission to unretire 16.
6 hours after the fact.ed gein said:
ya i agree casey, but i dont think they would unretire a jersey with out consent, its very rare when teams unretire jersies, only other one i can think of lately was rice and largent
7 hours after the fact.Justin said:
I love this idea! Wear the number proudly, Dilfer.
9 hours after the fact.baaqi said:
I like this to I hope dilfer play the way he has played for the ravens when they won the superbowl.
14 hours after the fact.Ted Bundy said:
bringing a number out of retirement just for a backup quarterback?? This shows how much confidence the office and coaching staff have in Alex Smith.
14 hours after the fact.Justin said:
This has nothing to do with Smith, this has nothing to do with Dilfer starting or not. Brodie is a good friend of Dilfer, and Dilfer just wants to honor his friend, who is a survivor of a stroke. There is a better story on 49ersparadise.com.
16 hours after the fact.Ken said:
Long Live the 49ers!!
Keep up the good work.
Fishin Dog
1 day after the fact.thizz face in da bay said:
anyone see mah boy dilfer drain that putt today from 20+ ft out?? dudes a beast. lookin forward to seeing him on the field…not as a place holder ;]
1 day after the fact.Arock49 said:
Ted Bundy….. Are you even a Niners fan? I dont think I have ever heard a positive comment out of your ass. Damn dude stop bring’n the faithfull down…..Your just a negative person or go Raiders right?
2 days after the fact.Ted Bundy said:
I am a 49ers fan, a realistic one. Arock49, along with your faithfuls, I don’t think I have ever heard a negative comment out of your ass. Did you know the 49ers are desperate for ticket buyers? All the realistic fans realize that the niners aren’t going to be competitive anytime soon. The ‘faithfuls’ don’t know that, they are still in 49er paradise and have been brainwashed by the commercials.
2 days after the fact.Eric said:
Ted bundy is a fag, and NOT a niners fan. Desperate for ticket buyers? You must be referring to the article at sfgate.com. Dude, we have a streak of 211 sold out games. It says NOTHING about desperate, but it does admit that the streak might end.
The article states that most teams below .500 renew their season tickets at a rate of about 80%. The Niners are at 90%.
It also states that a lot of the ticket selling problems is centered around the price, the economy, the ownership, and the crappy stadium. It takes time to rebuild a team, and any football fan knows that. The above things are the things the York’s could fix, but they suck as owners.
Ted Bundy, go fuck yourself.
2 days after the fact.Niner said:
Ted Bundy, ThizzFace, YOU ARE NOT NINER FANS (repeat in slow motion). Your friends might let you call yourself one but a real niner fan wont. You are officially booted from the tailgate and when we start winning, the band wagon too. NINERS BITCH!
2 days after the fact.thizz face in da bay said:
Niner, THE 49ERS ARENT GONNA BE COMPETITIVE ANYTIME SOON (repeat in slow ass motherfuckin motion.) you might absurdly think the niners are gonna win 4 games this season, or smith is gonna throw 2 td’s, or vd is gonna catch 1 td, but reality is the niners are a couple of years away from being a .500 team. so lets keep it real. REALITY BITCH!
2 days after the fact.Niner said:
Well see about that, were gonna win more than 4. Maybe you should stick to watching charity golf on tv, leave football to the real fans.
2 days after the fact.And repeat this to yourself in slow mothafuckin ass motion: JUST CUZ YOU WATCH TREAL TV , TAKIN NOTES AND SHIT, OVER AND OVER AGAIN TILL YOU GOT THE VOCAB ALL DOWN, DONT MAKE YOU COOL- YOU BEEEEEZY!
Ted Bundy said:
how come the fans won’t admit that their favorite team is a mediocore team? if you’re a fan you gotta admit that your team is not as good as it used to be. the reality is that we have a 2nd year quarterback who performed like an undrafted rookie his rookie year, an inexperienced secondary who only has tony parrish and bryant young to rely on, an experiment at the oline, little or no pash rush. we are also expecting a lot from davis and lawson. we are expecting davis to give alex smith a reliable target. we are expecting manny lawson to have 7+ sacks his rookie year. personally, i don’t think lawson is strong enough to compete against offensive lineman. give them 3 years or so and we’ll be back on top of the NFC West
2 days after the fact.Niner said:
Ted Bundy, you are one of those fans that you hate to be sitting near at a game because you cant stop talking about how much we suck, just shut the fuck up and and let every one else enjoy the fucking game. We know what the fuck is going on, you dont have to write a fucking paragraph explaining to me what our deficiencies are, WE FUCKING KNOW. Im not gonna sit here and act like were gonna be 16-0 but i rather think of ways that can make us better instead of trying to think of 101 reasons why we are a bad team.
2 days after the fact.Our team might not be that good right now but you think im going admit that to a Raider fan, or a Seahawk fan, HELL NO- NINERS, FUCK THEM, FUCK EVERYONE ELSE, NINERS!
Jason said:
socks are cool!
3 days after the fact.