Timeline of 49ers Starting QBs
From Y.A. Tittle to Joe Montana to Colin Kaepernick, these are the signal-callers who have led the San Francisco 49ers through the years.
![Frankie Albert: 1946-1952](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/i9c84hrq7e9cwhyhzqbl.jpg)
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![Y.A. Tittle: 1953-59](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/m24kakz4ucis610ipbnb.jpg)
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![John Brodie: 1960-62, 1964-1971, 1973](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ljwttci4lu7ncp37opvt.jpg)
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![Lamar McHan: 1963](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/hnkwmeetcl3mp9hkqv0i.jpg)
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![Steve Spurrier: 1972](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ntf1jvj46lmxd5gujwvj.jpg)
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![Tom Owen: 1974](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/pqkenv1e7ozfjhum4hxd.jpg)
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![Norm Snead: 1975](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/celwsosrz8szykpbkkya.jpg)
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![Jim Plunkett: 1976-77](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/vuhz2qpumcnhynjjdr3w.jpg)
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![Steve DeBerg: 1978-1980](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/zkrcawdpjyvvr77a8myt.jpg)
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![Joe Montana: 1981-1990](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/xhfwwkautur8jzvac0m7.jpg)
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![Steve Young: 1991-98](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/qnmzzaffqqoygy3mvbdt.jpg)
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![Jeff Garcia: 1999-2003](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/lg0ilsci68uuus1pa93u.jpg)
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![Tim Rattay: 2004](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/nbpfk1eodtv3cwio8ew5.jpg)
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![Alex Smith: 2005-07, 2009-2012](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/sqjbthhte68kku2hywee.jpg)
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![Shaun Hill: 2008](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/lr5xye6v6pbnqstyboen.jpg)
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![Colin Kaepernick: 2013-present](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/nmuvzsjntzogm3xmlsj4.jpg)
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