This is basically how I became a Chiefs fan. This clown forced me into it.

I still hate him for that.

Married into it. Father in law worked for Chiefs.
Been going since 1980.

Took my boy at age 5 (1992) Buffalo/Chiefs game.

I GREW UP IN NEW JERSEY. I HAD BEEN A GIANTS Fan UNTIL PARCELLS LEFT. I HAD HAD ENOUGH OF THE NY/PA TEAMS. I SENT IN AN OFFER FOR A FREE FOOTBALL AND THE TEAM CHOICE I PUT DOWN THAT I WANTED WAS "ANY". THE FOOTBALL CAME IN THE MAIL 6-8 WEEKS LATER AND IT WAS A KC CHIEFS FOOTBALL. IT WAS THE COOLEST THING I'D EVER SEEN. IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THE CHIEFS GOT "JOE COOL" AND ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN DIE-HARD KC CHIEFS FANS EVER SINCE. MY WIFE AND I BOTH GOT TATTOO'S SO AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE I'LL LIVE AND DIE A CHIEFS FAN .

The day Ted Popson put on a Chiefs uni. :D


But seriously folks...
When I was a lad, my dad took me to the grocery store and Otis Taylor gave me a signed pic of himself. He was nice, and I've been a fan ever since. Although I did attend a game at the Muni...as a fetus.

Once Marty arrived in 1989 and they selected DT in the First Round, I was hooked.

Attended a punt pass and kick competition as a young lad at Antioch shopping center.

They had a couple of guys there named Dawson and Jon, had watched the Chiefs before but became a huge fan after the first hand experience with live Chiefs.

I have not become one.

it must be a hell when you offend your father...

I bought season tickets 3 years ago. I apparently wasn't a fan until then. I am now. Hooray for me.

What did your FIL do for the Chiefs?

I started watching football with my dad when I was about 7, back in 1976. We lived in St. Louis, and my dad was a Cardinals fan, but for some reason, I never took a liking to them. I think the Chiefs were playing the Broncos in the late game one Sunday after the Cardinals had played at noon, and I just liked the red and gold colors. Been hooked ever since.

Funny thing....growing up in St. Louis, none of my friends were Cardinals fans. In grade school, you had the Steeler fans and the Cowboy fans, and the one Chiefs fan (me). Then in high school, my two best friends rooted for the Bears and Browns. When the Cardinals left for Arizona during my junior or senior year in H.S., I don't remember anyone my age being disappointed at all.

On a side note.......I had no idea that so many people became Chiefs fans because of Joe Montana. Wow.

No kidding. This also surprises me. Just another example of the power of the Legend. One of the smartest moves Carl ever made. (Holeeshiz!DidIjustsaythat!?!)

I never really was into football or any sports until Joe Montana came to KC then I started watching it and fell in love instantly. I had a buddy that was a cowboys fan and we argued/conversed about football for hours all the time. That made me more interested in the sport. Now I have been a die hard Chiefs fan since then. I've shed some tears through the years now this year I expect to shed a "Vermeil tear" after we win the superbowl as it appears all of the pieces are in place!

Watching them stomp the Donkos when I was about 8 at Arrowhead did me in.

That is interesting isn't it...I don't see many who came over after Marcus Allen though. :hmmm:

I wonder how many will come over for Rich Scanlon?

When I was about 10 years old in 1973 the neighbor kid asked me who I liked in the NFL? I said who do you like? He said the Vikings. I said, have they been ever been in the Superbowl? He said yea, but they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs. I said that's the team I like. :)

And so it began........My life began to center around the Chiefs. They never showed Chiefs on tv up here in Iowa then. So I listened to the games on the radio in my dad's car for several years. I can't remember the first time I saw them on tv probably a MNF game and the highlights at half time of MNF. Now I can count on one hand how many games I have missed in person or on tv since 1989.

And 31 years later I wouldn't change a thing. :clap:

GO CHIEFS!!!!!

How about you n00bs that have joined in the last 9 months?

You know, alot of us joined Chiefs Nation because of Joe Montana.

Is it possible we all had gay man crushes on Joe?

I thought I had posted this before, but I guess not.

In about 87 or 88 (I was 6 or 7), a store in the mall was giving out Chiefs posters for free. It had DT, Neil, and 4 other guys.

I asked my mom who the Chiefs were, and she said, "They are KC's foorball team. They're really bad, you don't want that poster."

I responded, "They are KC's team, so we should support them, no matter what. Can I have a poster?"

I put it up on my wall that night and had it there until I moved to Lawrence for college.

I started wathcing games as soon as I was aware that we had a team. The rest is history (and an addiction).

:spock:

just you, queerboy :thailor:

Fan by birth. My mother's side of the family are from KC. I'm from central MO, and Arrowhead is like Mecca to me.

I thought I had posted on this thread, too. Guess not.

I was born and raised in Excelsior Springs, MO. Father and grandfather are big sports guys - Chiefs and Royals - and a kid can't help but emulate those influences. Those two guys raised me right when it comes to what MO boys do. They cheer the Chiefs, fish and hunt. :)

So I've grown up following the Chiefs, and there's no way that I'm going to quit. (Which will probably be the death of me.)

No. You got something to tell us?

Blind childhood homerism. My dad was a Chiefs fan, too, but I don't think that had much to do with it. He's a dirty Cardinals fan, but he wasn't able to coax me to the dark side.

My father had season tickets ever since they've been in KC. I spent many seasons growing up and going to Arrowhead with my toes numb while cupping my hands around a thermos of hot chocolate. There wasn't much to cheer about back then, but it was still the best of times. And then DT came along and everybody starting going to the games- it was exciting. And then they started winning a lot of games and it was just a frenzied place to be.

My stepfather started taking me to some games in 64. I was hooked.

My family moved to KC when I was 12. Saw my first games that year. It was so intense, and I've been hooked ever since.

Chiefs fan since birth. My dad liked them when they were the texans. When they moved to kansas city that was ever better for my dad who lived in wichita at the time. Gone to the assholedome in houston to watch a preseason game of the chiefs oilers game and meet mike bell and our hall of fame qb Len Dawson

My folks knew a couple of the Chiefs way back. I lived next door to the boarding ranch where they kept warpaint. Ed Budde's kid (Brad) went to school with me, although several years younger..

Plus, they were our hometown team. Been hooked on them for over 40 years.......

Thats how I was raised. Been to the last 2 winning playoff games. Not bad for a 22 year old...heh.

In the late '60's - early '70's, my parents had University of Houston season tickets and they took me to all the games. Well, the Cougars had an All American WR named Elmo Wright who was drafted by the Chiefs. I used to love to watch him "High Step" after he scored a TD (Most football people even give him credit for starting the end zone celebration), so when he was drafted by the Chiefs, I followed and have been a fan ever since.

Grew up in NW Ark, which is basically smack in the middle between Dallas and KC. My dad was a big Dallas fan in the 70's. I don't ever remember a time in my life when football wasn't on Sunday afternoon. He passed the NFL passion on to me at a young age. I always liked the oldschool facemasks the Chiefs used to wear (I think they were the only team that wore those) He passed away in 88, and I didn't watch any games for a couple years. The Chiefs were one of the 2 regional teams, and I wasn't going with the Cowgirls. It was around this time that the Carl/Marty/DT era began. It was a great time to be a Chiefs fan with DT, Neil, Okoye, Word, Carlos Carson, Stephone Page, etc. Also, my high school bud and current planet member Herzig was a big Chiefs fan, too.

Wow...that's really fickle!

ROFL


PS I am NOT a Chief's fan. :shake:

At the age of 10 I decided to become a masochist. I went to a fortune teller and asked for her to give me a football team to follow that will not do anything significant for the next 35+ years. The rest is history.

Sorry if this is a repost; didn't read them all.

Chiefs-Dolphins, Christmas Day 1971

My Dad told me Podolak was a Iowa boy, and that was all I needed to know.

Reading through this thread I'm amazed at how, um, illogical most of our stories are. No one set down and said, hey this team is going to be a 5 Super Bowl team, I'm rooting for them. It's been about family, tradition and entertainment. Throw in some civic pride and Joe Montana and you have a wide swath of fans.

Mines a little bit of the combination. Grew up in Jefferson City area, so my dad cheered for the St.Louis Cardinals (football and baseball) and the Chiefs in football. Then the Cardinals football left so I was left cheering only for the Chiefs then my interest in them peaked when Montana came to town.

Grew up in St. Louis.....I think I was 6 or 7 years old when my little league team got to play at halftime of a governors cup game at old Busch Stadium.

I remember liking the colors and the arrowhead logo, and from that day on rooting for the Chiefs exclusively.

But, according to CeePee , I didn't become a "real fan" until 2004.

I was born and raised in Overland Park and into a family of season ticket holders. (yep the bad years)

My earliest memory of a Chiefs game.

Moved to the KC area in the mid-1970s. Grew up rooting for the hometown Chiefs and Royals.

I was a Raiders fan when I was young, God dont ask my why but I was. I went to a game at Arrowhead and it was like coming to Christ as I was overcame with emotion I actually wept.

So how do we know you won't flip flop back to the Raiders again?

I moved here from the Milwaukee Area in 1989 when I was in Middle School. It was neat to live so close to a big city with pro sports. I lived closer to Kansas City in Missouri than when I lived in Wisconsin to Milwaukee. I was a real fan for some time. Then I became a fan only when they won. Over the past few years I have lost most of the interest that I once had. I did not like many of the decisions that were made by Chief's Management. The same goes with the Royals. Only with the Royals I went from being a fan to no longer being one. This was also due to bad decision making by management. I still live in the area though. I mainly come here for that reason. I am still a baseball fan though. It is real nice to see the Milwaukee Brewers start off with five straight wins and without any losses yet.

I became a Chief's fan because of my father, who has been a Chiefs fan since the AFL days. I have been a Chief's since I was a kid because of him, there are not many other Chief's fans in New Jersey.

The first time I saw Christian Okoye run over any one in his path with Neil Smith and Derrick Thomas killing QBs

I was 8 years old

I grew up in Ohio. My brothers were Browns fans. My Dad was originally a Browns fan until Modell fired Paul Brown and then he started to follow the Bengals. I was 10 years old and the Chiefs were playing the Vikings in the Super Bowl. Well at that age you had to pick a team to win. I chose the Chiefs and they won. I proclaimed that they were my favorite team. My brothers made fun of me and called me a "fair weather fan", the rest is history. 36 years of fighting to see the Chiefs back at that damn Super Bowl. It's gonna be the biggest ****in party ever when they get back and my brothers are invited.

I was born that way. Thanks Dad.

Went to my first game when I was but an infant. Thanks Dad.

After a beating at the hands of the Buccaneers I believe, I inquired as to why follow a team that loses so much. "Because they are YOUR losers, son." Thanks Dad.

Went to the Chiefs-Broncos and Chiefs-Raiders game every year at Arrowhead before I moved from the area. I can remember it being empty in Arrowhead. I could literally jump up and down the rows without disturbing anyone. Dad did it so I could learn to HATE both teams as much as he did. Thanks Dad.

When I collected football cards, the Chiefs cards were never to be left in the stack with the rest of the cards. They were special. Thanks Dad.

After I moved from the area, I was picked on by kids in the places I lived (Indiana, Texas, Colorado) for my Chiefs jacket. Dad told me to wear it every day anyway, even when it's hot, just to piss them off, just to show them how much I love my team. Thanks Dad.

I'm a Chiefs fan by blood, not relation, ya'll be chasin', I replace them...HUH?!

Was a kid, and I just happened to be listening to the radio broadcast of the game in '88 when Frank Ganz decided to go for it on 4th down to win the game against the Jets at Arrowhead. Got hooked at that point and never looked back since...

It was the team my family rooted for being from Kansas.

When my aunt got married to a denver fan, we just happened to be visiting them in Denver- and my newest uncle had Tickets for us to go Watch the MNF Elway VS Montana in the old Pile High - What can I say... Montana Magic!

My Wife's side have been Chiefs fans since they moved here from dallas, and her grandpa loves to tell me stories about his visits to Municipal stadium. Her Great Grandmother use to make the Chiefs Cheerleaders outfits when they were still dressing SOMEWHAT modestly - the Classic Cheerleader with a sweater look

Born and raised in KC. So born a Chiefs, Royals and Kings (Not since they moved to Sacremento)fan.

I caught footage of this young man named Mark Castle, and was entranced with his sublime physical comedic skills. Reminiscent of a Buster Keeton in his prime. I've been hooked ever since.

Born and raised near Harrisburg, PA.

I was 7, and DT was drafted from Alabama.

I said "That is my team" and have been a diehard ever since.

When I was a kid, my dad hung a poster on my wall. My brother and I shared a room. The poster was an endzone pileup between the Raiders and the Chiefs. My dad is from San Francisco and is a 9ers fan, my mom is from Oakland. In any case, I don't know if he intended it to be anything other than a football thing for his sons' room.

I picked the guys in Red. My brother went with the ones in Silver. Mine stuck (he became a Saints fan). I suffered through the shitty late 70's, 80's, loved the 90's but like all of us was ultimately disappointed, and as my username indicates, I am still In Chiefs Hell...but I will never give up on 'em.

Wish I still had that poster...

In August '81 we moved from Topeka to KC. I liked the NFL before that but didn't have a favorite team. I guess the Chiefs became my fav by default.

My reason? They hired Charlie Weis, who in turn will be hiring a family member of mine.

older brother took me to a game in 1984; stadium was empty; we followed the sun around the stadium (upper) to keep warm. I think he said his tickets were like $13/each or something like that.

Afte rthat I always wanted to go; then when they started showing up on TV, I was hooked.

I 'blame' my brother. lol

When they moved here ( KC ) from Texas ! Yes, I'm old school !

Originally I was a 49'ers fan because of Jerry Rice.

Then I got taken to a Chiefs game to see Joe Montana's first game and I was sold ever since.

The atmosphere in arrowhead during a defensive stand was the greatest. I miss DT.