Chrissooner49er Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 https://ninerswire.usatoday.com/2021/07/09/former-49ers-te-greg-clark-dies-at-49/ Cannot believe this. One of my favorite 9ers despite such a short tenure. Had a bigger impact on The Catch II game than TO! Recruited to Stanford from my junior college alma mater Ricks College (now BYU Idaho). Very 😢 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissooner49er Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) I watched him play a couple times while he was a Ricks College Viking as I was attending at the same time. Played WR more than TE at the time and he was tough to stop. Edited July 11, 2021 by Chrissooner49er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straighthate Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Sad to see. Sounds like he had some CTE issues that led to his early passing based on his family’s statement. Can’t say I remember that far back if he had excessive concussion issues during his playing days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissooner49er Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 17 hours ago, straighthate said: Sad to see. Sounds like he had some CTE issues that led to his early passing based on his family’s statement. Can’t say I remember that far back if he had excessive concussion issues during his playing days. He may have had some concussions, but the reason he had to retire was chronic hamstrings. After more than 1 surgery failed to fix them, he retired after 4 seasons. He was part of the 3 pick draft of 1997. Jim Druckenmiller (QB) in the 1st, Greg Clark 2nd, Mark Edwards (FB) 3rd. They traded the rest away wheeling and dealing to get those 3 players. This was the 1st Draft I paid attention to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) Damn that's sad. I still remember him catching two touchdowns in the 49ers/Packers 1998 Wild Card since Owens kept dropping everything up to that point. He was picked in the third round, and I have to wonder if they were looking for a replacement for Brent Jones who had his last season in 1997. Edited July 14, 2021 by TecmoSuperJoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissooner49er Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 11:59 PM, TecmoSuperJoe said: Damn that's sad. I still remember him catching two touchdowns in the 49ers/Packers 1998 Wild Card since Owens kept dropping everything up to that point. He was picked in the third round, and I have to wonder if they were looking for a replacement for Brent Jones who had his last season in 1997. Exactly! He had only 3 catches for about 20 or so yards, but 1 was a 1st down and the other 2 were TDs! A Packer DB called what he ran the "Oh sh!t route". Clark faked falling on a route only to pop up and grab the pass for a TD---twice! I feel for his wife and 3 sons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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