At the invitation of an old classmate, Peter Ueberroth, Mr. Herkenrath became a liaison for the soccer games at Stanford University during the 1984 Olympics. That summer, while watching his son?s trade and sell the sports pins that they had collected from players, a light came on that led to the most fulfilling part of Kent?s career. The Fan Club opened a year later in the Old Mill shopping center in Mountain View, and the store's 49er Faithful Fan Club was formed.

From then on, it was an amazing ride through five 49er Super Bowls, 12 Pro Bowls, several Olympic Games and a Bay Area World Cup. The Fan Club was fortunate enough to host Joe Montana?s first professional autograph signing during his rookie year with the 49ers. Having moved to the former Town and Country shopping center in West San Jose, the store became the largest of its kind in the country, and its fan club membership grew to about 15,000 members internationally. Unfortunately Kent passed away in March of 2007, but his memory and The Fan Club live on through both the fanclubsports.com and 49erfanclub.com websites.

The brick and mortar store finally closed its doors in October, 2006. Dedicated to keep the business alive for all of the loyal customers and fans alike, we have resurrected the stores ecommerce sites with the goal of providing quality 49er merchandise to 49er fans throughout the world. Our other site, www.fanclubsports.com carries a wide array of sports merchandise for teams other than the 49ers.We look forward to serving all of our loyal customers with our new ecommerce sites.  Please feel free to provide us feedback if you have any specific questions. 

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