The term SAN FRAN FOOTBALLER can be summarized as a 5-letter word, 'NINER', which is a nickname for the San Francisco 49ers, a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and joined the National Football League in 1950. The 49ers have won five Super Bowl championships, with the first in 1981 and the most recent in 1994.