49ers Founded

The san francisco 49ers were established in the all american football conference aafc in 1946.

49ers founded. Their cumulative record was an excellent 39 15 2. The 49ers were the first major league professional sports franchise based in san francisco and is the 10th oldest franchise in the nfl. The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the all america football conference aafc and joined the nfl in 1949 when the leagues merged. They were founded by lumber magnate tony morabito who had tried several times to get an nfl team for the bay area.

Morabito was the sports pioneer of the west bringing san francisco its first major league professional team the san francisco 49ers in a professional sports business that was dominated by the. The team had a winning record in each of its first four years but it could not displace the dominant cleveland browns who won every championship in the four seasons of the aafc.