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49ers wear No. 87 shirts at practice to honor Dwight Clark

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SANTA CLARA — From the coaches and personnel staff on the field to office staff doing errands around Levi’s Stadium, they all wore red T-shirts with the No. 87 on the front Tuesday to honor Dwight Clark, their franchise’s fallen icon who passed away Monday from ALS.

A deeper tribute will be in store for the coming season, and while those particulars are worked out in accordance with NFL protocol, it’s fitting that the first game they can honor Clark is against the Dallas Cowboys, an Aug.