49ers’ Patrick Willis provides insight on how he overcame poverty at Hall of Fame induction

Rather than recount the heroics of a spectacular eight-year NFL career, Patrick Willis used the platform of his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame to reveal a personal portrait of the 30th member of the 49ers to be enshrined.

“I know I did not speak of my football accomplishments, nor did I speak in a way you are used to hearing me,” Willis said adorned in his gold jacket Saturday from the podium in Canton, Ohio. “Today I chose to reveal the more intimate side of Patrick Willis...