Steve Young: Career retrospective
August 13 is International Left-Handers Day. The holiday celebrates left-handers and all they’ve accomplished. Here at Yardbarker, we’re honored to bring you Steve Young’s career retrospective as a way to honor the occasion. Let’s take a look at the best moments from the greatest left-handed quarterback of all time.
Here’s to all the lefties out there thriving and prospering!
49-yard game-winning touchdown
against the Vikings with 3:14 seconds left. It is one of the defining moments of his career. Overall, Young passed for 2,678 yards, 23 touchdowns and six interceptions while compiling a 7-3 win-loss record in the four years when he was the backup.
Young’s performance created a QB controversy in the Bay Area. The 49ers were Joe Montana’s team, no doubt. Joe was the best and Young came to take the throne.
It is often said iron sharpens iron. Both Montana and Young acted like professionals during the controversy and challenged each other to be great in every single practice. The 49ers won back-to-back Super Bowls (1988, 1989) during the controversy.
best Super Bowl performance of all time.
It was official, Young had a ring of his own.
The legendary play
was nicknamed The Catch II. It pays homage to Joe Montana’s game-winning touchdown pass to Dwight Clark in the 1981 NFC Championship Game.
The 49ers lost 20-18 to the Atlanta Falcons in the Divisional Round. Young had three interceptions in the heartbreaking defeat.
The brutal hit gave Young a concussion. It was the seventh of his career. Young never suited up for another game.
Young passed for 446 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions in his final season.
most rushing touchdowns in the postseason by a quarterback with eight.
according to StatMuse.
David J. Hunt is a freelance writer based out of Philadelphia. He ran cross country at Penn State, became a volunteer firefighter during COVID-19, and is a self taught journalist. He’s a diehard Philly sports fan. When he isn’t watching sports, he enjoys working out, fishing, and traveling. You can find more of his writing at The Chestnut Hill Local and The Temple News. You can follow him on Twitter at @dave_hunt44.
