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).

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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.