I've been a S.F. 49er/Stanford fan since before JFK ran for president. Since before space satellites even existed. The Niners had a pair of recent hall-of-famers in the greatest QB of all-time, Joe Montana and the greatest all-around QB in history, Steve Young. Both were massive blessings to the City by the Bay. They were literally speaking, miracles! But looking back across my many years of cheering for the cardinal and gold, my "favorite" QB was John Brodie. The first time I saw Brodie play,... Sign in to see full entry.