As Joe Perry burst through tacklers while playing ... Morabito posted $25,000 to start a franchise. The league began operation in 1946. The original 49ers franchise was almost entirely a homegrown ...

Joe Perry was born in Lawrence, Mass., in 1950 and formed the seeds of Aerosmith with bassist Tom Hamilton in the late '60s. By 1970, he was the lead guitarist of one of rock's most enduring groups.