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49ers Defensive Superstar
Patrick Willis Signs@ Sports Gallery! |
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May 8, 49ers Defensive Superstar Patrick Willis
made a very special (and VERY popular) signing
appearance at Sports Gallery Palo Alto. |
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| Patrick
Willis is a beast on defense for the San Francisco
49ers. The Linebacker out of Mississippi was the
11th overall pick in the 2007th draft and has
been tearing up the NFL ever since. At Mississippi,
Patrick was awarded SEC Defensive Player of the
Year, first team All-SEC, consensus first-team
All-American, and was the winner of the prestigious
Dick Butkus Award, given to the most outstanding
linebacker in college football. And Patrick kept
it going in the NFL. In his first NFL game, Willis
recorded 11 tackles, including 9 solo, and a forced
fumble as the 49ers defeated the Arizona Cardinals
in dramatic fashion by a score of 20-17. Willis
finished the 2007 campaign with an NFL-leading
174 total tackles, being selected to the Pro Bowl,
along with NFC Defensive Rookie of the Year, NFL
Defensive Rookie of the Year, and First Team All-Pro
by the Associated Press. Patrick was the only
rookie in the NFL to make the AP All-Pro squad
and the first Defensive Rookie from the 49ers
to make the Pro Bowl since Ronnie Lott in 1981.
And in 2008 & 2009, Willis did it all over
again, once again being voted to the Pro Bowl,
this time as a starter. Says 49ers coach Mike
Singletary referring to Ray Lewis and Patrick
Willis: "I've
coached two of the greatest linebackers —
one that has already proven to be one of the greatest
and one who will prove to be, barring health issues."
He's THAT good...and
only getting better! |
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Signing
for over an hour, it is clear Patrick is HUGELY
popular with 49er fans. And why not? He's a REALLY
good football player (see above), recently signed
a long-term contract with the team, and is great
with the Faithful. A very cool guy that has a
good chance of going down as one of the all-time
49er defensive greats. |
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out our photos from this special event below.
And please visit sportsgalleryweb.com in
the future for information on upcoming
in-store
appearances and signings. |
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| Thanks
very much to Patrick for a very entertaining afternoon
in downtown Palo Alto. And, as always, thanks
to all the Niner Faithful that made this such
a popular event. Also a big thanks to Sam Cain
for many of the cool photographs on this page.
Go Niners! |
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| Proudly
Sponsored by
Sports Gallery
Thomas A. Kelley Investments
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on image to see full photo* |
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Photos (the good ones!)
By Sam "Samcee" Cain” |
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