![]() This is where my heart got started, and this is where I'm going to end it." "This is where I got my start," Rice said just a few seconds into his opening statement. They all are numbers associated with Rice's legendary career with the 49ers - the season he joined the team (1985), the uniform number he wore on his back (80), the year he retired as a 49er ('06) and … well, 49ers fans can figure out what the two numbers to the right of the decimal point stand for. There wasn't a dollar sign in front of them, however. ![]() With the 2006 version of the 49ers in the background conducting a walk-through practice on the field Rice once honed his craft, the guy known around these parts as Flash 80 put his name on a contract that featured the numbers 1,985,806.49. ![]() Wearing a cream blue suit and open collar that revealed his Super Bowl XXIII ring dangling from a chain around his neck, a gracious Rice took the podium in front of a gathering of about 100 during one of his few visits to team headquarters since he left the 49ers after the 2000 season to continue his 20-year NFL career across the San Francisco Bay. And that was his autograph, inscribed on a ceremonial one-day contract with the 49ers, so that Rice finally could retire with the franchise that made him famous - and, in some instances, vice versa - almost six years after he played his final snap for the team.
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