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Montana-Clark Drive: Streets around Candlestick to honor 49ers greats

Joe Montana called an audible at a street-naming ceremony on Sunday.

Holding a black and white sign -- Joe Montana Drive -- for a street to be built where Candlestick Park once stood, the former 49ers quarterback requested that it be changed to include the wide receiver who caught his most famous pass.

"I would like to share this," Montana said at the two-hour event at City Hall. "I would ask that you change this to Montana-Clark Drive."

Dwight Clark, who was among several famous San Francisco athletes in the audience, was diagnosed with ALS earlier this year, and his former teammates have been quick to rally around him.