A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

NINER

Mon, 12 Jan '26
Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush
Sun, 21 Dec '25
What Joe Montana was in the '80s
Thu, 20 Nov '25
Levi's Stadium player, informally
Tue, 16 Apr '24
San Fran athlete
Thu, 28 Jul '22
Montana, once
Sat, 18 Dec '21
Colin Kaepernick was one, familiarly
Sat, 29 May '21
Montana, e.g., informally