Here’s the legacy he left behind.
John McVay but who went on to help build the San Francisco 49ers into five-time Super Bowl champions in 14 seasons, died Monday. He was 91.
McVay went to the 49ers soon after they hired Bill Walsh as head coach after going 2-14 in 1978. Walsh installed the West Coast offense passing game that propelled San Francisco to three Super Bowl titles in the 1980s, and he had the ultimate say in all major football decisions. But McVay played an important role in draft selections, scouting, free-agent signings and contract negotiations.
The 49ers’ dynasty — they won the Super Bowl after the 1981, ’84, ’88, ’89 and ’94 seasons — was rooted in the selection of Joe Montana, Notre Dame’s quarterback, in the 1979 NFL draft after he had slipped to the third round. “I asked him, ‘Billy, what’s the story with Montana?’ ” McVay recalled. “Billy’s response was brief. ‘Just take him.’ ”
McVay’s offensive coordinator, Bob Gibson, called a third-down play, in which quarterback Joe Pisarcik was to hand the ball off to fullback Larry Csonka instead of dropping to one knee and letting the clock run out.
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