What is Dwight Clark?
'''Dwight Edward Clark''' (January 8, 1957 &ndash; June 4, 2018) was a former [[American football]] [[wide receiver]] and executive. He played for the [[San Francisco 49ers]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) from 1979 to 1987. With the 49ers, Clark played on two [[Super Bowl]] championship teams. He caught the winning touchdown pass thrown by [[quarterback]] [[Joe Montana]] in the [[NFC Championship Game]] in January 1982 against the [[Dallas Cowboys]]. Clark played [[college football]] at [[Clemson University]] before being drafted by the 49ers in the 10th round of the [[1979 NFL Draft]].<ref>http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/tag/_/name/dwight-clark ESPN</ref> He served as the [[General manager (American football)|general manager]] of the 49ers in 1998 and in the same capacity with the [[Cleveland Browns]] from 1998 to 2002. Clark was born in [[Kinston, North Carolina|Kinston]], [[North Carolina]]. He studied at [[Clemson University]]. Clark lived in [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]], [[California]] with his wife Kelly for a long time until moving to [[Whitefish, Montana|Whitefish]], [[Montana]].<ref name=brn>{{cite news|title=The Catch looms larger than life|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VjVUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Oo0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6629,4031256|access-date=February 15, 2011|newspaper=[[Boca Raton News]]|date=January 18, 1985}}</ref> On March 19, 2017, Clark announced that he was diagnosed with [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mano|first=Daniel|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/19/49ers-legend-dwight-clark-announces-als-diagnosis/|title=49ers legend Dwight Clark announces ALS diagnosis|newspaper=[[The Mercury News]]|date=March 19, 2017|access-date=March 19, 2017}}</ref> Clark died on June 4, 2018 from the disease in Whitefish, aged 61.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dwight Clark, former 49ers wide receiver, dead at 61 |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/04/dwight-clark-former-49er-wider-receiver-dead-at-61/ |access-date=June 4, 2018 |work=The Mercury News |date=June