Chiefs How did you end up a CHIEFS fan? - Page 9

Luke Warm · 09-04-2012, 08:12 PM

Just curious.

The first NFL game I ever watched was Superbowl XXIV, when the 49ers dismantled, humiliated, embarassed, annihilated, decimated the

55-10. It was a SB party at my uncles house. I instantly became a Joe Montana fan. I thought he was awesome (to this day I still think he's the GOAT) so I followed him. After that Superbowl I had my parents buy me books and shirts of him. Since he retired with KC, I stuck with them ever since and never looked back. And never will. EVER. They can keep breaking my heart every year but that's where this team stays, in my heart. Corny I know but its the truth.

Hydrae · 09-05-2012, 10:31 AM

Moved to Columbia, Mo in 1990. Started watching the Chiefs the next year and fell in love with that defense. Okoye, Word, Deberg and the play-action offense was pretty cool too. I just wish we had someone with half of Debergs play-action ability; with this running game it could be deadly.

**ChiTown** · 09-05-2012, 10:32 AM

I chose last, so I got the Chiefs......

TEX · 09-05-2012, 10:43 AM

My dad was a Dallas Texan fan and a University of Houston grad and UH football season ticket owner. As a kid, I'd go to the Astrodome and watch the Cougars play. Elmo Wright was a UH All American WR drafted by KC. He was the FIRST (not Billy "White Shoes" Johnson) to do a touchdown dance. Once KC drafted him, I was a Chiefs fan!

(Elmo is at 4:35 in the video below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC2VNHL0VEs

I spoke to Elmo at the Alumni Center last season at the UH Homecoming game. He talked about the early days in KC, Lamar Hunt, Otis Taylor (who he still keeps in touch with), Hank Stram, and a scout who he called the "Judge." The guy has a LOT of stories. Too bad he got injured and never realized his potential in the NFL - but he had one heck of a college career!

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/sp...ght.ready.html

SCTrojan · 09-05-2012, 11:08 AM

Pretty simple. Army brat, dad transferred to area when I was 10. Took a bit, but now I am one of those lost souls known as a Chiefs (and Royals) fan.

So, Go Chiefs (and take the Royals with you)!

Dayze · 09-05-2012, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BoneKrusher

hey....what gives?

I thought you were going to replace the 'lol' with that creepy god damned gif of......., whatever that thing was....

I am disappoint.

BoneKrusher · 09-05-2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Dayze

hey....what gives?

I thought you were going to replace the 'lol' with that creepy god damned gif of......., whatever that thing was....

I am disappoint.

this:

Whoarethechefs · 09-05-2012, 11:21 AM

One of my first childhood memories was the Chiefs destroying the Vikes in SB IV, combine that with my favorite color being red, and I became an instant 4 year old chiefs fan and never looked back.

Dayze · 09-05-2012, 11:24 AM

god damn. gets me every time.

Luke Warm · 09-05-2012, 11:39 AM

A lot of us became fans thanks to Joe Montana I see.

Dayze · 09-05-2012, 11:41 AM

I became one because I was impressed with Carl Peterson.

ToxSocks · 09-05-2012, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Luke Warm

A lot of us became fans thanks to Joe Montana I see.

So i've noticed.

Interdasting what effect a Franchise QB can do to a fanbase.

Maybe the Chiefs should give it a try sometime....

BoneKrusher · 09-05-2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

So i've noticed.

Interdasting what effect a Franchise QB can do to a fanbase.

Maybe the Chiefs should give it a try sometime....

this^
Franchise over a Backup anytime.

whoman69 · 09-05-2012, 01:07 PM

Back in the early 70's the Chiefs had a running back from Iowa named Eddie Podolak. If you know anything about Iowa football, it was the middle of their darkest period in their history. After the 1961 season in which the Hawkeyes entered the season ranked #1 but finished 5-4, the Hawkeyes would not have a winning season until 1981. The lowest of low was when they went 0-11 in 1973 under the soon to be fired Frank Lauterber. It was nice to sit around the television shouting "Go Eddie go!"

The Chiefs at the time were one of the top franchises from the old AFL at the time. The year I started watching, they were defending SB champions.

FlaChief58 · 09-05-2012, 01:11 PM

I grew up in rural KS in the late 70's. They are the first team I rooted for and will be the last (although for the life of me, sometimes I don't know why)

Luke Warm · 09-05-2012, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Flachief58

I grew up in rural KS in the late 70's. They are the first team I rooted for and will be the last (although for the life of me, sometimes I don't know why)

What part of Florida are you from?

09-04-2012, 08:12 PM
Luke Warm -Bicho Grande- Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Florida Casino cash: $10004900	How did you end up a CHIEFS fan? Just curious. The first NFL game I ever watched was Superbowl XXIV, when the 49ers dismantled, humiliated, embarassed, annihilated, decimated the 55-10. It was a SB party at my uncles house. I instantly became a Joe Montana fan. I thought he was awesome (to this day I still think he's the GOAT) so I followed him. After that Superbowl I had my parents buy me books and shirts of him. Since he retired with KC, I stuck with them ever since and never looked back. And never will. EVER. They can keep breaking my heart every year but that's where this team stays, in my heart. Corny I know but its the truth.
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09-05-2012, 10:31 AM	#121
Hydrae MVP Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Newport, Or Casino cash: $-1153000	Moved to Columbia, Mo in 1990. Started watching the Chiefs the next year and fell in love with that defense. Okoye, Word, Deberg and the play-action offense was pretty cool too. I just wish we had someone with half of Debergs play-action ability; with this running game it could be deadly.
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09-05-2012, 10:32 AM	#122
ChiTown Stroking to the SB Champs! Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Flatlands of Kansas Casino cash: $-491038	I chose last, so I got the Chiefs...... __________________
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09-05-2012, 10:43 AM	#123
TEX Out Gunning CP's Fandom Police Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Galveston, TX Casino cash: $-1406873	My dad was a Dallas Texan fan and a University of Houston grad and UH football season ticket owner. As a kid, I'd go to the Astrodome and watch the Cougars play. Elmo Wright was a UH All American WR drafted by KC. He was the FIRST (not Billy "White Shoes" Johnson) to do a touchdown dance. Once KC drafted him, I was a Chiefs fan! (Elmo is at 4:35 in the video below) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC2VNHL0VEs I spoke to Elmo at the Alumni Center last season at the UH Homecoming game. He talked about the early days in KC, Lamar Hunt, Otis Taylor (who he still keeps in touch with), Hank Stram, and a scout who he called the "Judge." The guy has a LOT of stories. Too bad he got injured and never realized his potential in the NFL - but he had one heck of a college career! http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/sp...ght.ready.html
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09-05-2012, 11:08 AM	#124
SCTrojan Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Across the park Casino cash: $4889719	Pretty simple. Army brat, dad transferred to area when I was 10. Took a bit, but now I am one of those lost souls known as a Chiefs (and Royals) fan. So, Go Chiefs (and take the Royals with you)! __________________ And to the Royals: it will take a lot more than this to break my fandom. I wish I knew how to quit you. But I don’t. - Rany on the Royals - July 2, 2009 This was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of season. This was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of team. Sports are pain. And then, suddenly, they are perfection. - Rany on the Royals - Nov. 2, 2015
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09-05-2012, 11:21 AM	#127
Whoarethechefs Burger Meister Meister Burger Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tucson AZ Casino cash: $9807467	One of my first childhood memories was the Chiefs destroying the Vikes in SB IV, combine that with my favorite color being red, and I became an instant 4 year old chiefs fan and never looked back.
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09-05-2012, 11:24 AM	#128
Dayze Resident Glue Sniffer Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $1779358	god damn. gets me every time.
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09-05-2012, 11:39 AM	#129
Luke Warm -Bicho Grande- Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Florida Casino cash: $10004900	A lot of us became fans thanks to Joe Montana I see. __________________ Courtesy Of BoneKrusher
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09-05-2012, 11:41 AM	#130
Dayze Resident Glue Sniffer Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $1779358	I became one because I was impressed with Carl Peterson.
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09-05-2012, 01:11 PM	#134
FlaChief58 SuperChiefs Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Casino cash: $-1450178	I grew up in rural KS in the late 70's. They are the first team I rooted for and will be the last (although for the life of me, sometimes I don't know why)
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