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“It’s just … it's family,” said Jed York, his eyes red with Video: Harbaugh loses it after call MORE FOXSPORTS VIDEO » tears of pride, and joy. “We wanted to make sure we showed that Eddie won five Super Bowls, and that’s unheard of. He was the best owner from the time he started (1977) until the time he finished (23 years later).” NFL HEADLINES

“The 49ers are a family, whether it’s the DeBartolo York Chad Johnson granted early jail release family, whether it’s the entire organization. We take care of after apology each other, and this was a special day.” Lights, Camera, Action! Bengals to star in Eddie DeBartolo, who is a Pro Football Hall of Fame 'Hard Knocks' finalist for the second consecutive year, has had a direct role in guiding his nephew’s path , both as a hands-on Driver would consider NFL return...but owner and an NFL mover and shaker at age 31. A new ACCORDING TO JIM only with Packers 49ers stadium is being built in Santa Clara, and that is This could be a season of destiny for testament to York’s business acumen. the Harbaugh-led 49ers. See who's Jets sign former Pro Bowl TE Winslow in the playoffs, and when they play. after impressive tryout But Eddie’s presence also keeps Jed’s mind focused on the franchise’s storied heritage. Who were Sunday’s Putin refutes Kraft's story about Super honorary team captains for San Francisco? DeBartolo, Charles Haley — another Hall of Fame Bowl ring finalist — and beloved longtime defensive end Bryant Young. MORE NEWS » “Thank God for my son,” said Denise DeBartolo York, who admitted she nearly went mad in the fourth quarter, as the game swung wildly back in the 49ers’ favor amid Atlanta’s deafening roar inside the Georgia Dome.

“He asked me, ‘Is it OK, can we have Eddie, Bryant Young and Charles Haley?’” Denise said of Jed’s request last week. “Of course! It brought it full circle. It really did. It’s extremely emotional.” 'Man of Steel' star Amy Adams And Eddie D? Always emotional and prone to grandiose gestures, DeBartolo huddled with Jed privately on Saturday night in Atlanta. He had some important things he needed to pass on to his nephew.

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1. A pair of gold, football-shaped cufflinks, a gift originally given to Eddie in 1981 — the season the Joe Montana-led team beat Cincinnati in Super Bowl XVI. Those cufflinks came from the 49ers’ Bing Video: Most extreme food competitions founding family, the Morabitos. Bing Images: Alaska travel

"Think of that connection, that tradition," Jed said, showing them off with pride. "These are just amazing."

2. An 8x10 framed photo Eddie has kept on his wall since that inaugural Super Bowl run. In it, five-year-old Jed is standing alongside Eddie DeBartolo Sr. Jed is holding a sign.

“Dear Uncle Eddie, We love you. Congratulations and we IN AND OUT Who's fired and hired? Check in love the 49ers.” here for all the NFL head-coaching “It's been on my wall 30 years. My dad and Jed are in that moves. picture,” said DeBartolo, choking back his own tears. “And I gave it to Jed, and I put my own note with it.

Eddie's note read, "Dear Jed, Now it's your turn. Love, Uncle Eddie”

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“It’s tradition. Everyone throws the word ‘dynasty’ out there, but I don’t know about dynasties,” Nike San Francisco 49ers DeBartolo said. “But you know what it is? It’s a tradition that (Jed) worked so hard to get.” Blockbuster T-Shirt - Scarlet Jed York hired general manager Trent Baalke and coach Jim Harbaugh, and together they kept this team largely OUR PRICE BUY $27.95 NOW intact. The surprise group that made it to the 2011 NFC Championship Game but fell to the New York Giants got Nike New York Jets Just another crack at it. They also had the guts to hand the ball Do It T-Shirt - Green - to Kaepernick in Week 11, and let the high-octane read- option offense explode into playoff lore. OUR PRICE BUY $27.95 NOW NEED SOME? GET SOME DeBartolo stood off to the side as the 49ers’ locker room Feed your NFL addiction! Come feast celebrated, and he gushed in awe of what he saw from the on all the news in our updating blog. front office on down.

“Jed stays in the background,” Eddie D said proudly. “He’s done that all year and he did that tonight.”

Sort of. York was front and center as 49ers’ players hugged and congratulated him afterward because, well, this win was — yes — a family affair.

As the 49ers clawed out of their 17-0 first half deficit, York cradled his infant son, Jax, for comfort. “I wasn’t feeling great,” confessed York, “so I picked up Jax and held him, the whole way down, until we scored. He just put me at ease. I just felt good. I felt then we could come back and win.”

Oh yes, they did.

“This is the culmination of many, many years,” DeBartolo said, wiping his eyes. “They’re my family. And they’ve done a really good job. It’s one more game, but so what?

“It’s just the Super Bowl.”

And that’s one game this family knows very, very well.

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