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Ex-49er Coach Bill Walsh Dies

Super Bowl chief and quarterback kingmaker was Frisco's coach of the 80s'

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(Newser) – Bill Walsh, the coach who led the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships in the 1980s, died of leukemia yesterday at the age of 75. During his decade-long tenure, Walsh won six National Football Conference division titles, transforming a club that had won only 10 games in 1987 into a football dynasty within three years.

Walsh is perhaps best known for his grooming of Hall of Fame quarterbacks. He nabbed Joe Montana in the third round of the 1979 draft and later traded for a relatively unknown Steve Young. Walsh was elected "Coach of the '80s" by National Football League's Hall of Fame, finishing his career in that decade with a 102-63-1 record.

San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh is hoisted on the shoulders of his team after they defeated the Miami Dolphins 38-16 in Super Bowl XIX in this Jan. 20, 1985 file photo, at Stanford, Stadium, in Palo Alto, Calif. Stanford University has said that Walsh, a Hall of Fame football...
San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh is hoisted on the shoulders of his team after they defeated the Miami Dolphins 38-16 in Super Bowl XIX in this Jan. 20, 1985 file photo, at Stanford, Stadium, in Palo...   (Associated Press)
Former Stanford and San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh waves in Stanford, Calif., in this Nov. 26, 2005 file photo. Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected the ingenious schemes that became known as the West Coast offense during a Hall of Fame career...
Former Stanford and San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh waves in Stanford, Calif., in this Nov. 26, 2005 file photo. Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected...   (Associated Press)
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young, right, stands with former 49ers coach Bill Walsh during a halftime ceremony honoring Young's induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in San Francisco in this Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005 file photo. Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls...
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young, right, stands with former 49ers coach Bill Walsh during a halftime ceremony honoring Young's induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in San Francisco...   (Associated Press)
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