Faces of the SCV: Local two-time Olympian still reaching great heights

Faces of the SCV: Local two-time Olympian still reaching great heights

Mark Crear When he was a kid, Stevenson Ranch resident Mark Crear wanted to be Jerry Rice, the three-time Super Bowl champion wide receiver of the San Francisco 49ers. But Crear, 56, said he didn’t grow up in an environment that was conducive to fulfilling dreams like that.  Crear came from an emotionally and physically abusive household. Asked if he played sports in the street, he said, “This wasn’t ‘Leave It to Beaver.’” The streets where he g…