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How the 49ers wound up teary-eyed at new ‘Letters to 87’ documentary on Dwight Clark

There are several welcome light moments in the Dwight Clark documentary that premiers Tuesday night on NBC Sports Bay Area.

One of the so-called “Letters to 87” features a note from an 49ers fan whose family lived in Southern California at the time who confessed that in the days before the internet and 24-hour highlights, he saw the stat lines in the paper and just assumed Clark was “a speedy little black receiver from Clemson.”

How did Keena Turner read that letter with a straight face.

“I didn’t,” the former 49ers linebacker cracked. “That one took a few takes.