Every Thursday, 49ers.com brings you a throwback photo gallery.
Here are our best collections.
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Many players have worn both the red and gold and the silver and black. Here are some of the best. Can you spot them?
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Seventy-five plus former San Francisco players and coaches wore a second uniform as a member of our country's armed forces.
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A yearly tradition that brings together players and coaches, the 49ers team photo highlights the many faces who have donned red and gold. Here they are, in order.
1946 Team Photo
1947 Team Photo
1948 Team Photo
1949 Team Photo
1950 Team Photo
1951 Team Photo
1952 Team Photo
1953 Team Photo
1954 Team Photo
1955 Team Photo
1956 Team Photo
1957 Team Photo
1958 Team Photo
1959 Team Photo
1960 Team Photo
1961 Team Photo
1962 Team Photo
1963 Team Photo
1964 Team Photo
1965 Team Photo
1966 Team Photo
1967 Team Photo
1968 Team Photo
1969 Team Photo
1970 Team Photo
1971 Team Photo
1972 Team Photo
1973 Team Photo
1974 Team Photo
1975 Team Photo
1976 Team Photo
1977 Team Photo
1978 Team Photo
1979 Team Photo
1980 Team Photo
1981 Team Photo
1982 Team Photo
1983 Team Photo
1984 Team Photo
1985 Team Photo
1986 Team Photo
1987 Team Photo
1988 Team Photo
1989 Team Photo
1990 Team Photo
1991 Team Photo
1992 Team Photo
1993 Team Photo
1994 Team Photo
1995 Team Photo
1996 Team Photo
1997 Team Photo
1998 Team Photo
1999 Team Photo
2000 Team Photo
2001 Team Photo
2002 Team Photo
2003 Team Photo
2004 Team Photo
2005 Team Photo
2006 Team Photo
2007 Team Photo
2008 Team Photo
2009 Team Photo
2010 Team Photo
2011 Team Photo
2012 Team Photo
2013 Team Photo
2014 Team Photo
2015 Team Photo
2016 Team Photo
2017 Team Photo
2018 Team Photo
2019 Team Photo
Like the rest of the world, the 49ers had to adapt in 2020 and could not gather for a team photo.
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It's the first Saturday of the College Football season. Take a look at your favorite 49ers players playing college football.
LB Reuben Foster, Alabama
DL Solomon Thomas, Stanford
DL Arik Armstead, Oregon
DB Adrian Colbert, Miami (Fl.)
DL DeForest Buckner, Oregon
G Joshua Garnett, Stanford
4-Star
4-Star
OL Erik Magnuson, Michigan
4-Star
4-Star
LB Malcolm Smith, USC
QB C.J. Beathard, Iowa
TE George Kittle, Iowa
CB Greg Mabin, Iowa
WR Marquise Goodwin, Texas
LB Elijah Lee, Kansas State
3-Star
NT Earl Mitchell, Arizona
3-Star
3-Star
WR Victor Bolden Jr., Oregon State
RB Raheem Mostert, Purdue
OL Laken Tomlinson, Duke
3-Star
WR Trent Taylor, Louisiana Tech
CB K'Waun Williams, Pitt
3-Star
3-Star
3-Star
LB Dekoda Watson, Florida State
P Bradley Pinion, Clemson
3-Star
2-Star
RB Matt Breida, Georgia Southern
2-Star
2-Star
CB Ahkello Witherspoon, Colorado
TE Garrett Celek, Michigan State
2-Star
2-Star
DL D.J. Jones, Ole Miss
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The 49ers and the Ravens have faced off four times in the regular season, dating back to 1996.
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Training camp has been a staple of San Francisco's offseason since the days of Montana, Young, Rice and well before they even arrived.
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As the San Francisco 49ers move into their new home in Santa Clara, let's look at their first stadium, where they started playing in 1946.
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Mike Holmgren, Mike Shanahan, Jeff Fisher, Pete Carroll and others all once graced the San Francisco sideline.
George Seifert, Bill Walsh
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Current members of the San Francisco 49ers roster were once on college football rosters. Here's what they looked like back in the day.
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Look back on the San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback's decorated amateur career at the University of Nevada.
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With Frank Gore entering his 10th season in San Francisco, the time is right to review all those players that have completed a decade in red and gold. Lee is the 48th player to be honored.
The San Francisco 49ers running back is entering his 10th NFL season. We look back to his preparations for the '08 campaign when he was coming off of a 1,695-yard year.
From NBA players to rock stars and rappers, some famous faces have graced the sidelines of San Francisco games.
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Not all of San Francisco's top choices over the years make it to New York, but most of them do get to hold up their first pro jerseys before the cameras.
1994 -- DT Bryant Young
1992 -- CB Dana Hall, RB Amp Lee and OG Brian Bollinger
2000 -- LB Julian Peterson and CB Ahmed Plummer
2002 -- CB Mike Rumph and LB Saleem Rasheed
2005 -- QB Alex Smith
2006 -- TE Vernon Davis
2007 -- LT Joe Staley and LB Patrick Willis
2008 -- DT Kentwan Balmer
2009 -- WR Michael Crabtree
2010 -- OG Mike Iupati and OT Anthony Davis
2011 -- LB Aldon Smith
2011 -- QB Colin Kaepernick
2012 -- WR A.J. Jenkins
2013 -- S Eric Reid
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DeForest Buckner and Joshua Garnett join a list that includes the likes of Patrick Willis, Joe Staley and Jerry Rice.
2016 - DL DeForest Buckner - 7th overall
2016 - G Joshua Garnett - 28th overall
2015 - DL Arik Armstead - 17th overall
2014 - DB Jimmie Ward - 30th overall
2013 - S Eric Reid - 18th overall
2012 - WR A.J. Jenkins - 30th overall
2011 - LB Aldon Smith - 7th overall
2010 -- OT Anthony Davis -- 11th overall
2010 - LG Mike Iupati - 17th overall
2009 - WR Michael Crabtree - 10th overall
2008 - DT Kentwan Balmer - 29th overall
2007 -- LB Patrick Willis -- 11th overall
2007 -- OT Joe Staley -- 28th overall
2006 -- TE Vernon Davis -- 6th overall
2006 -- LB Manny Lawson -- 22nd overall
2005 -- QB Alex Smith -- 1st overall
2004 -- WR Rashaun Woods -- 31st overall
2003 -- OT Kwame Harris -- 26th overall
2002 -- CB Mike Rumph -- 27th overall
2001 -- DE Andre Carter -- 7th overall
2000 -- LB Julian Peterson -- 16th overall
2000 -- CB Ahmed Plummer -- 24th
1999 -- DT Reggie McGrew -- 24th overall
1998 -- CB R.W. McQuarters -- 28th overall
1997 -- QB Jim Druckenmiller -- 26th overall
1995 -- WR J.J. Stokes -- 10th overall
1994 -- DT Bryant Young -- 7th overall
1994 -- FB William Floyd -- 28th overall
1993 -- DT Dana Stubblefield -- 26th overall
1993 -- LB Todd Kelly -- 27th overall
1992 -- DB Dana Hall -- 18th overall
1991 -- NT Ted Washington -- 25th overall
1990 -- RB Dexter Carter -- 25th overall
1989 -- LB Keith DeLong -- 28th overall
1987 -- OT Harris Barton -- 22nd overall
1987 -- RB Terrence Flagler -- 25th overall
1985 -- WR Jerry Rice -- 16th overall
1984 -- LB Todd Shell (No. 90) -- 24th overall
1981 -- DB Ronnie Lott -- 8th overall
1980 -- RB Earl Cooper -- 13th overall
1980 -- DE Jim Stuckey -- 20th overall
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What have San Francisco's top picks worn after hearing their names announced? View the evolution of the draft hat.
2000 -- LB Julian Peterson
2002 -- CB Mike Rumph
2005 -- QB Alex Smith
2006 -- TE Vernon Davis
2007 -- LB Patrick Willis
2007 -- LT Joe Staley
2008 -- DT Kentwan Balmer
2009 -- WR Michael Crabtree
2011
2013 -- S Eric Reid
2014 -- DB Jimmie Ward
2014 -- DB Jimmie Ward
2014 -- DB Jimmie Ward
2014 -- C Marcus Martin
2014 -- C Marcus Martin
2014 -- C Marcus Martin
2015
2015
2015 -- S Jaquiski Tartt
2015 -- LB Eli Harold
2015 -- RB Mike Davis
2015 -- WR DeAndre Smelter
2015 -- TE Blake Bell
2016
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Twelve players in San Francisco's past have been honored with this distinction.
8 -- Steve Young
12 -- John Brodie
16 -- Joe Montana
34 -- Joe Perry
37 -- Jimmy Johnson
39 -- Hugh McElhenny
42 -- Ronnie Lott
70 -- Charlie Krueger
73 -- Leo Nomellini
79 -- Bob St. Clair
80 -- Jerry Rice
87 -- Dwight Clark
Sixty years ago, San Francisco's talented and aptly-nicknamed backfield came to be, comprising four Hall of Famers: Hugh McElhenny, Joe Perry, Y.A. Tittle and John Henry Johnson.
Take a look at the top images of the 49ers Gold Rush over their 35-plus year history.
We combed through the archives to find the 49ers best game faces over the years. Who has the best?
Michael Carter -- 1988
Freddie Solomon
Guy McIntyre -- 1989
Matt Millen -- 1989
Ricky Watters -- 1992
Tim McDonald -- 1995
Jeff Ulbrich
Andre Carter
Kevan Barlow
Fred Beasley
Arnaz Battle
Jeff Ulbrich
Brandon Lloyd
Brandon Moore
San Francisco has used free agency as an avenue to improve the team over the years.
1993 -- S Tim McDonald
1994 -- Gary Plummer
1994 -- CB Deion Sanders
1994 -- LB Ken Norton, Jr.
1994 -- DE Rickey Jackson
1996 -- LG Ray Brown
1997 -- RB Garrison Hearst
1999 -- RB Charlie Garner
1999 -- QB Jeff Garcia
2006 -- LG Larry Allen
2008 -- Justin Smith
2011 -- Carlos Rogers
2011 -- S Donte Whitner
2011 -- 49ers K David Akers
2013 -- 49ers K Phil Dawson
2014 -- 49ers S Antoine Bethea
2015 -- WR Torrey Smith
2015 -- RB Reggie Bush
2015 -- WR Jerome Simpson
The 2007 draft produced both left tackle Joe Staley and linebacker Patrick Willis. We start our look back with Staley...
Many of San Francisco's current players participated in the league's showcase event for prospects. Take a look back...
The most captivating shots of one of the franchise's most captivating players, as pulled from the archives.
San Francisco has made six trips: in 1982 and '89 vs. Cincinnati, '85 vs. Miami, '90 vs. Denver, '95 vs. San Diego and 2013 vs. Baltimore.
San Francisco has sent many players to the NFL's all-star game over the years. In advance of this year's event, we look back.
Several current San Francisco 49ers jumpstarted their pro careers by playing in the college all-star game.
DB Jimmie Ward, Northern Illinois
DB Jimmie Ward, Northern Illinois
CB Dontae Johnson, N.C. State
CB Dontae Johnson, N.C. State
S Jaquiski Tartt, Samford
S Jaquiski Tartt, Samford
In anticipation of Sunday's Divisional matchup, we take a look back at some of the best images of Colin Kaepernick and Panthers QB Cam Newton from college.
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