The San Francisco 49ers is an NFL team owned and operated by the San Francisco Forty Niners, Ltd., a subsidiary of DeBartolo Corporation. The team currently plays at Monster Park. It was the first major league professional sports franchise on the West Coast. Brothers Anthony and Victor Morabito founded the franchise in 1946 as part of the All American Football Conference (AAFC). The team joined the NFL in 1950 when the AAFC collapsed. In 1977, the brothers sold the franchise to Edward DeBartolo, who revamped the franchise. Since 1981, the 49ers have won 13 division titles and five conference championships, and it was the first franchise in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, most recently in 1994. The 49ers dominated the 1980s when they won four of their five Super Bowl titles (1981, 1984, 1988 and 1989). The team extended its dominance in the '90s, becoming the only NFL team to produce 10 or more wins for 16 consecutive seasons, from 1983 to 1998. After Edward DeBartolo’s death in 1994, his son Edward, Jr. and daughter Denise DeBartolo York fought over their father’s company, DeBartolo Corporation. They finally split the company’s assets in 1999, which is when York gained full control of the 49ers. In 2002, the 49ers won their first division title since 1997. The franchise has 13 individuals, both players and coaches, who spent the majority of their careers with the team and are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. These individuals include head coach Bill Walsh (from 1979 to 1988), who led the 49ers to three Super Bowl titles; quarterback Joe Montana (from 1979 to 1994), who retired with the highest quarterback rating in NFL history; and Steve Young (from 1987 to 1999), who is tied with Sammy Baugh as the only quarterback to win six NFL passing titles. The team plays in Candlestick Park (a.k.a. Monster Park) in San Francisco.

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