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Sage Niner

03-08-2007, 06:03 PM

A little change of pace, as it seems the same 4-5 topics keep getting made.

So, how did I, being from South Carolina, with a dad whos a diehard Cowboys fan, become a life long Niner fan? I owe it all to the color red. When I was 4 years old I was OBSESSED with the color red, it was by far my favorite color. So one sunday I walked into the room while my dad was watching football. Up until then I didn't really pay attention to football but the team in the red jerseys immediately caught my eye. I asked my dad "who the men in the red were" he told me the 49ers. Granted, I didn't know anything about football and would yell "49ers!!" even if it wasn't really the Niners playing. It wasn't until a year or two later that I actually started to understand and follow the game, and 49ers stuck as my team.. I've been a Niner faithful ever since.

Good thing I chose that particular sunday to walk in. I could just as easily be a Chiefs, Redskin,Falcons, or *shutters* Cardinals fan right about now.

49ersRus

03-08-2007, 06:19 PM

My dad was a 49er fan. If I wanted to spend time with him, it was either playing chess (he would kill me, lol), or watch the niners. The more games of chess I lost, the more I liked the niners! Actually, I got pretty good in chess too.

I am a well trained niner fan, because they are really the only team I like to watch. I like them, even when they suck. I do like the playoffs, but its a fraction of the excitement I get when the niners take the field!

:go:

49erfan88

03-08-2007, 06:23 PM

I was born into a family full of 49er fans my dad raised me to be one. I just cant wait untill we are back at the top. :sf49: 49ers till i die

co2112

03-08-2007, 06:28 PM

My bday always fell around the SB. Back when it was at the end of January. So I guess you could say SB parties were my Bday parties. And coincidentally I was usually watching the NIners. Being from Nor Cal I suppported my teams near me. 49ers and Giants, River Cats and Kings, Sharks for a few years then my aunt and uncle moved and no more season tickets.

DaHonorable49er

03-08-2007, 07:18 PM

I became a 49er from watching a Niners game. I watched Rice play an awesome game and while I was cheering him on in awe, it was brought to my attention that he was my distant cousin from Mississippi. Ever since then, I've been rooting for the Niners, even when we were no power house like up until now. Now, I've had the priviledge of passing on the tradition to my children who recognized the 9er symbol before they learned the alphabet!

Sharktzu

03-08-2007, 07:45 PM

I grew up in Michigan, but became a niner fan in part because my grandpa lived in the bay area and when my idol O.J. Simpson was traded to the team that cinched it. Been a niner fan ever since.

young49ersfan

03-08-2007, 07:50 PM

How I did is my mom was watching it when I was 2 years old and I said I play for this team. And I play this

ReY 415

03-08-2007, 07:56 PM

influenced from family and friends ever since i can remember.

San_Fran_49ers

03-08-2007, 08:00 PM

I used to scream a lot when I was a baby and my Mom found that the only thing that shut me up was football. Usually only 49ers football (she thinks it was the red uniforms that caught my attention). So I would shut up and she would be happy. I just grew up following them.

I saw less and less of the games as I grew up but I watched as many a season as I could and always followed them.

:sflogo:

EastCoastNiner

03-08-2007, 08:04 PM

LOS41510

03-08-2007, 08:06 PM

My dad introduced me to the 49ers. My 1st game i remember was when we lost to dallas at home in 92 championship game. from that day i remember that i wanted to play for the 49ers.. well 16 years later im doing other things but im forever representing the red and gold SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

LOS

YEE!!:towel: :sam:

Khari

03-08-2007, 08:34 PM

um, i'm a texans fan..........but maybe the 9ers could be my adopted nfc team

maybe
possibly
perhaps
could happen

Tahoegirl

03-08-2007, 08:48 PM

um, i'm a texans fan..........but maybe the 9ers could be my adopted nfc team

maybe
possibly
perhaps
could happen

We know your a closet niner fan.. :ninercaphell:

odg

03-08-2007, 08:55 PM

i was always babysat by my older sister. she ( along with many others) loved joe montana all the way from notre dame. so she always watched games, in turn making me watch as well. as time went on, i became a biggger and bigger niners fan and thats all she wrote

odg

Monkeyskull

03-08-2007, 11:39 PM

When I was very young, I saw a jacket with Taz wearing a 49ers logo. I liked it, so when I found out that it represented the Niners, I became a fan of them, much to the the despise of the rest of my family, Giants fans....

Benji

03-09-2007, 03:52 AM

When I was a little kid I was reading a sportsshop book and there were all 30 (31?) teams listed and I read all those names. I was looking for the most beautiful and catchiest name.

There were the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. I liked those long team names.

As I was reading San Francisco... it made click. That´s it. That´s the best name to call a football team!! (I´m not joking!!)

I didn´t knew at this point that ther 49ers already had that tradition and winning history!! :sam:

colo49ergyrl

03-09-2007, 04:21 AM

My dad is a Cowboys fan and I grew up in Philly, but in 4th grade a kid who I absolutely hated said he would bet me a bottle of Elmer's Glue that the Broncos would win the 1990 Superbowl. I knew nothing about football, but just because I hated this kid I took his bet. It just happened to be the 49ers that were playing the Broncos. So when I went to school the next day and collected my bottle of Elmer's Glue I also gained a new love, and that's the 49ers. I've loved them ever since!

:clapping: :towel: :sam: :victory:

Webgoji

03-09-2007, 04:31 AM

Heh . . . I'm old enough I that I used to watch the game and think, "Those Niners are quite a team. Inventing that shotgun thingy and stuff." I was only knee high to a Goldrush Cheerleader at the time.

Later, I saw that they picked up this rookie (I really still didn't know what a rookie was) with a real football player type of name. Montana or something. Then . . . BOOM! . . . 1981 they won the Superbowl!

I was just a kid at the time and seeing that Cardinal and Gold dominating the NFL for years to come settled it. I was a Niners fan!

:towel:

Juiced

03-09-2007, 05:05 AM

i think the 9ers beating miami was my first super bowl that i watched (didnt like miami's colors - still dont)

then being in chicago hearing about the bears etc etc the next year really kept me driven to like any team but them - then for christmas i got a montana jersey and 49ers hat - haven't shifted my stance since then and i was 6 at the time

tcookie49

03-09-2007, 05:22 AM

I am from the Chicago area. They used to black out the Bears games and used to show the Niners quite a bit. I watched a Niner game once and saw Montana when he was first starting out. I liked to watch him play and have been a Niner fan ever since.:sam:

Scottish49er

03-09-2007, 06:33 AM

grew up with peer pressure to watch them:penguin:

still got the chinese burns and scars too prove it!!:laugh:

SuperbowlNiners

03-09-2007, 06:35 AM

I'm a Pats fan as well as a 49ers, but I becamea fan because I was sitting in front of my t.v. when I was 2 or 3, and the first player I ever named was "Joe Bytana" meaning to say"Joe Montana." Been a fan ever since.

I don't understand how anyone could have 2 favorite teams. It just doesn't work. Well anyway, my dad's a niners fan and I inherited it.

Tahoegirl

03-09-2007, 06:41 AM

I grew up in the Bay Area. I loved football and my choices were the Raiders or the Niners. Went to a Raider game and thought there fans were off the wall and never stood behind their team. Went to a niner game fans were loud, intense and loved their team no matter what. So I became a niner fan. :go9ers:

cooley49

03-09-2007, 07:17 AM

i still remember the day i became a niner faithful. living in michigan (still do), i was 9yrs old when my dad took me to my 1st lions game in 1979..lions got blown out by tampa bay (35-3 i think) and right there i knew that this team sucked but i was a homer then...so i was a 9yr old lions fan..didnt really care about football that much but in 1981 the superbowl was coming to detroit! so as the super bowl got closer my instrest grew. ALL my friends at the time were cowboy fans and thats all they talked about. cowboys this, cowboys that. so....jan 10th 1981, nfc championship game. watching joe montana work his way down field on that last drive was something. and when clark made "the catch" i was in such awe and so happy my friends team lost i was hooked right there.

Canadian Niner

03-09-2007, 07:33 AM

I was first becoming interested in sports around the age of 7-8. This was shortly after Bo Jackson entered the NFL and for some reason I was attracted to him as a player and the Raiders Black & Silver uniforms. One day I was talking to an extended family member about football, and I told him that I like Bo Jackson and the Raiders. He told me I was crazy and the Joe Montana and the 49ers were the greatest player/team ever. This family member was quite a few years older than me, and needless to say, I was converted immediately. Not to mention that I was a huge Bulls fan at the time and it was nice to have the red connection (haha). So I would estimate that I have been a 49ers fan for about 18 out of my 25 years of my existance... and I can see it ever being another way!

GO NINERS!!

49ertruebluefan

03-09-2007, 09:02 AM

My uncle (who was an avid niner fan) introduced me to 49er football back in mid eighties and got hooked been a niners fan ever since. :tung:

Amitron

03-09-2007, 09:18 AM

Me and my family went to a Ruby Tuesday's to eat dinner, and like most people here, the colors they were wearing caught my eye. It's kind of stranged because my favorite color was green, and they were playing Philly I believe, so i'm not quite sure why I chose them. But they've been my team ever since.

oldniner

03-09-2007, 09:22 AM

My first memory of the 49ers consists of two touchdowns in 90 seconds by the Cowboys vs the 49ers in 1972. I was still young so I don't remember the game just the anguish and heart break painted on my relative's faces. I have hated Dallas ever since. The 49er win over Dallas in 1981 was the most emotional experience for me in a football game.

49ertruebluefan

03-09-2007, 09:47 AM

No probably the most emotional was the 1998 wild card game against the cheeseheads the Steve Young to Terrell Owens almost fall pass that play right there almost sent me to the hospital lol. :thud:

tacklebox

03-09-2007, 10:03 AM

My uncle was a security guard at Kezar in 1957... He is the same uncle who took me to the Polo Grounds in 1951..... Weird how the Giants move to the City I loved most......

SF1981bornfan

03-09-2007, 10:32 AM

It was at a very young age becuz my dad always loved football and he was a black and silver fan(more when they were in LA lived there 20+ yrs) and I would watch games w/ him so I guess I took a liking to SF trying to be different and been a niner fan ever since then. Representing hard in Dallas and they hate me for it. Gotta love it:sflogo:

49ertruebluefan

03-09-2007, 10:41 AM

MrGriz

03-09-2007, 10:43 AM

I was 3 years old, and my stepdad (49er faithful) was watching a game with my grandpa (Oldschool Cowboys fan)

I asked "who are the good guys" and my stepdad said "the guys with the gold hats"

Thus began my indoctrination, and I didn't miss a single aired 49er game (grew up in Sacramento, we got most of them) for the next 10 years. Now, thanks to TVUPlayer and bonstonker, it looks like I can catch -every- game from here on out.

Niners408

03-09-2007, 10:52 AM

In 97 when all they passed on channel 2 was the 49ers. Steve Young became my favorite player. Than in 98 "the cath 2" T.O became my favorite WR.

Since then I wake up every Sunday at 10 and watch the niners!!!!:bigboss:

Ohio49erfan

03-09-2007, 10:56 AM

I was sitting on grandpa's lap right after super bowl XIV (was 7 at the time), living in Ohio, and he as a Steelers fan. I was going to be heading back with my mom to California soon, and he tells me that its time to pick my own team to root for. And I couldnt just pick the Steelers because he liked them or because they just won back to back. I had to have a darn good reason, otherwise he wouldnt allow it (man, the things parents/grandparents convince us that they have the power to do LOL).

So, back then there was no sunday ticket or anything like that, and seeing eastern teams back then was tough. I could have picked the raiders, as my dad was then a season ticket holder (broke his heard when they moved to LA, and still refers to them as the traiders) but I was being rebellious, and chose the 49ers because they werent the raiders and Id be able to watch them almost every week. So grandpa says ok, the 49ers are your team no matter what, and tells me that they are a terrible team now, and had back to back 2 win seasons, and were on their 3rd coach in two years, but that I will always be a real fan because I chose them when they were at their lowest.

That was January 1979. That was also the year I chose to root for Michigan, simply because I liked their helmets (LOL) and SJSU because my mom and I drove by the University all the time. Was a big sports year for me.

GO GO GOOD GUYS! :sflogo:

oldniner

03-09-2007, 11:09 AM

No probably the most emotional was the 1998 wild card game against the cheeseheads the Steve Young to Terrell Owens almost fall pass that play right there almost sent me to the hospital lol. :thud:

If you don't mind my asking how old are you?

DraconisRex

03-09-2007, 11:12 AM

DraconisRex

03-09-2007, 11:13 AM

qmacauley

03-09-2007, 11:15 AM

I honestly don't know when I became a fan. I remember routing for the 9ers since I was a kid. My family lived in California and are a sports oriented family. My mom is a raider fan( I always talk sheit to her) and some steeler fans, but not me. For some reason as long as I can remember I have been a 9er fan and I will always be a 9er fan. My husband is a Bengals fan and he hates that I am a 9er fan. He said he wants revenge but it isn't gonna happen. So I hope I can see them play this year. It will be hard though since I live in Seattle.

Jechtsphere

03-09-2007, 11:16 AM

I think in 93 or so, but long before that I went to a game when they played the lions, I knew nothing of football then.

CDBrisc

03-09-2007, 11:18 AM

No one in my family liked sports, they hated football. When I was in the 4th grade I decided to play baseball because all of my friends were doing it. The next summer I signed up for football just because I couple of my baseball teammates told me it was fun. I immediately loved the game and I started watching the NFL on Sundays and the only team that I saw that played with HEART was the 49ers. :ninerh:

UCBLaxPlayer

03-09-2007, 11:21 AM

it was thanks to my dad. first gift before even kindergarten was a niner helmet he shelled out for me evne though we were struggling for cash. i wore it every time we played catch even though it was only a replica. haha. i felt like i was jerry rice.

i seriously watched all 3 super bowl season tapes (two bengals, one denver) on the weekends and at least 1 after school.

I've practically been a niner fan since birth.

majesstik1

03-09-2007, 11:31 AM

Born into it. My grandparents had season tix my whole life, until recently, so I have been going to games since I was able to walk.

Tigger49

03-09-2007, 11:36 AM

Super Bowl 24. I was 7 years old then, and everyone in my household was watching the game on TV. It was not uncommon for football (which I knew very little about at the time) to be on TV. What was uncommon was that everybody was watching this game, and there were family friends over watching it too. I payed attention to it and as I watched San Francisco massacre the Denver Broncos 55-10, I fell in love with the team.

mikey23

03-09-2007, 11:39 AM

Hello,

I was born in Daly City and lived there for a few years and I remember seeing candlestick from the top of my apartment. My father was a Niners fan and I would watch the games with him as a kid. I really didnt get into it too much until 1988 when I was six years old and Mr Montana had the Comeback in the superbowl. I remember watching them drive the ball and scoring the game winner at the end. Yesterday on the NFL network I had a lot of flashbacks because of it. Anyways I became a die hard fan after seeing some of my uncles cry of joy when we won that game. I know I was only six at the time but I realized how much passion there is for our niners. Anyways just thought I would throw in my two cents.

SBbound49ers

03-09-2007, 11:49 AM

94 SB was one of the first I saw and jumped on the bandwagon.

kavaholic

03-09-2007, 01:00 PM

We moved to the bay area in 1987. My dad was a Bronco fan. I was too young to understand football. Then my dad and I met Jesse Sapolu. I didn't know who he was...but my dad seemed so stoked about talking to him. Ever since then, my dad and I watched niner games to support Sapolu. It wasn't long until I caught niner fever...I've been a 49er ever since.

BrielleSF

03-15-2007, 03:30 PM

I was born and raised a fan...3rd generation. My great uncle was their controller way back when they were at Kezar. He got tickets for my grandfather and some of their friends. When my grandfather passed the season tickets went to my Dad, who started taking my brother and I to games when we were about 6. I just gave my nephew tickets to a game for christmas 2006...working on starting the 4th generation! I wouldn't know how to root for any other team. Good or bad I'm a fan for life!

Gadz51

03-15-2007, 04:13 PM

In the fifth or so grade I delivered the local paper to houses on my bike and one of my deliveries were to Mike Walter's parents house. Walter was a LB that spent one year with Dallas and was traded to SF where he spent 10 years (1983 - 1993) and led in tackles (at least some of the years) plus helped win 4 Super Bowls. At the time I was a Dallas fan because my Dad was until I met him. He inspired me to like the 49ers and I have ever since then. I also worked at being a LB which is what I play now to emmulate him. For Xmas he got me a poster signed by the team (i think it was around 1990 cause it has steve young, montana, rice, lott, craig, romanowski, john taylor, keena turner, haley, etc) and after a superbowl they brought back a bunch of goodies for me too.

I never really followed much football before that. just watched some with my dad and since he was a dallas fan i think i said it just to humor him. but have been a loyal fan for about 16 years now so i hope i am forgiven for liking dallas once

MarcusCA420

03-15-2007, 04:24 PM

My fathers side of the family....all Raider fans.
I, like my father...born in Oakland, raised with the Raiders.

I equivilate my turning away from the dark side and
seeing the Jedi's(49ers) are better to growing up.
Much like religion or forming my own set or values and beliefs.

One day, it just makes sense to you....

That became profound when I moved out to the city
and was working in San Fran's financial district.

I would reflect on how, growing up, I could remember a lot of
my family memebers, all decked out in Raider gear and always
throwing hatred toward other teams, yert when their own team
would loose, they'd turn their backs on them.

Then the Raiders moved to L.A...
and everyone's true colors began to show.

I embraced the class of Steve Young, The Genius that is Walsh,
the commitment that was Mariucci, and above all.......

We weren't all about, "Just Win, Baby" :wacko:

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiners! :sflogo:

ethanh

03-15-2007, 05:10 PM

First memories: The neighborhood crazy after 81 Dallas game & going to SB parade.
At 10 went to SB at Stanford SF over Miami
Grandfather SF & DAD SF natives from Kesar days. I had no choice

conqueso34

03-15-2007, 05:23 PM

like some others, i was born into it. My dad has been to all 5 49er SB's and i always remember watching the games as a kid. As a kid I used to go to some games and we'd have a big tailgate (which we dont have now) but i would always sit in the car. I hardly never went to games when i was younger because i was always hungover and couldnt really drink there. But I always loved football.

Then i went away to school and realized what i missed. Now i've been back in the bay and havent missed a game since and love LOVE going to the games with the fam, it brings us together and next superbowl im going and i dont think ill ever miss a game again. GO NINERS!!

FREEagent

03-15-2007, 06:02 PM

the first team i ever heard when i learned about football as kid was the 49ers.
Born into a :sf49: family.
Die a :sf49:

Rumblefish

03-15-2007, 06:04 PM

When i saw steve young make that that incredible 50 yard TD run against the vikings... i became an instant fan and have been watching the 49ers ever since... (**** them never being on tv on the east coast)

9ersfolife408

03-15-2007, 06:06 PM

i liked em 10 years ago back when i was in first grade lol

VA49erFan

03-15-2007, 06:13 PM

I probably was in the 3rd of 4th grade when I started watching football. And I was over one of my best friends house and he was a huge 49er fan. I remember watchin the game and watching Jerry Rice and I was sold. Ever since then I has always supported the 49ers through good and bad. The funny thing is that my mom and brother is a Cowboys fan, my dad is a Redskins fan, and my Uncle likes the 49ers so it's kinda crazy at my house on sundays.:sflogo:

49ers 4 Life

03-15-2007, 06:59 PM

I am from New York City area and my two older brothers are New York Giants fans and they can't stand the 49ers.In order for me to get under their skin was to pick a team they can't stand which was the niners.I think i know why they hate the niners so much,they have Five Vince Lombardi Trophies compared to The New York Giants Two Lombardi Trophies it's jealousy plain and simple.

Niner Jan

03-15-2007, 11:53 PM

Angela--Colorado 9er girl,

We have the same date of birth as football fans!

I used to HATE football (pure ignorance, of course). One day my good friend dragged me along to a Super Bowl party in 1990, the date that crowned the 49ers champs with a 55-10 score over the Broncos. I was very impressed with the athleticism of the 49ers and ever since have been a huge fanatical fan of our 49ers.

My license plate is 9erJan and my email address reflects my dedication to the Niners. I often show up for 49er special events and sometimes get into the newspaper and on TV. Usually I'm shy in front of cameras, but when the topic is the 49ers, I suddenly become animated. :wub:

:bday2: :sf49: :bday2:

We weren't all about, "Just Win, Baby"

That's nice to hear! I love to meet the players in person. Whether we lose or win games is less important to me than the individuality of the players and getting to know them and have them recognize me. Of course, I PREFER our guys to win because they are trying so hard and feel bad when they lose. But I would never switch to a winning team when our team is losing. That's what I consider a TRUE FAN, a Niner Faithful. Otherwise, they are just football fans if all they care about is winning games. I suppose some fans can't understand this.

true9erfan

03-16-2007, 09:52 PM

Every summer vacation I would fly to the United States to visit my mom,who works in San Francisco in the 80s.She would buy me and my brother a Niners SB shirts,mugs,caps,etc.At that time we did not have a clue who the Niners were because I came from a country where football(NFL) does not exist.So every vacation she would brag to me that the city's football team won the championship,out of curiosity I started watching their games.Ever since then a fan was born.:thankyou:

Cal_Bears

03-17-2007, 04:37 AM

I came from India bout 7 yrs ago, i was thirteen. I started playing madden 99, yeah i still remember that crap head but fun enough game. I was persuaded by my cousin to be a cowgirl fan. I remained ignorant for couple of months. Then when i learned more about football, i learned more about niners legacy. And being home team, i started to like them. Now i am proud to say that i'm a die-hard niners fan.

And i also have a picture of me wearing a 49ers jersey back in india when i was around 6 yrs old. Then i dinnt know who they were, but now i know I was destined to be a niner fan. I also had browns hoodie, but who are dey???;)

mcsurf

03-17-2007, 08:34 AM

and we became friends ever sence. That was six years ago. Anyone have an idea as to who that is?

G4LIFE

03-17-2007, 08:46 AM

When I was about 5 or 6 years old I would always watch the games with my dad. He was born and raised in San Francisco (Hunters Point) and is a die-hard fan. During football season it was our routine to sit and watch the game together and the 49ers grew on me.

mooseman66

03-17-2007, 08:52 AM

I was born. LOL Then my dad has season tix, and alot of contributing factors.

Cobra

03-17-2007, 09:51 AM

I believe I was in 6th grade, the year of the catch, and I have been a niners fan ever since. Its brutal when the green bay crappers have had the upper hand lately, but there day will come bruhahaha :smile:

MarcusCA420

03-17-2007, 03:24 PM

I will become a Niner fan when they win the next SB until then I'm just a fan of the players they have had and of thier current coach. Flipside they did draft a guy I knew from high school but he only played in SF for 2 seasons.

So waittin' on the band wagon, huh?
:wink:

MarcusCA420

03-17-2007, 03:34 PM

It seemed like the funniest answer LOL. I won't be a niner fan anytime soon but I respect the franchise and love alot of their former players. Really when it comes down to it alot of the best all time players have been niners whether during their prime (Lott, young, Montana, Rice) or tried to get a ring in as they knew their time may be coming (Doleman, OJ, Rickey Jackson)

Morris.......we're going to a game this year...
Im gonna buy you a Heifenweizen, a shot of Jack and we're gonna make
you scream "I love the Niners!" :hangloose: Watch!

MarcusCA420

03-17-2007, 03:41 PM

I don't drink but if the Niners are beating the Cowboys I'll scream it LOL

The we'll get you a Sprite and we'll bump The Time
while burnin a fat one, mon! :ninercaphell:

" I dont smoke"

Yeah but you do get contact....now lets go enjoy the game!:ski:

9ersAllTheWay08

03-17-2007, 03:46 PM

My whole family is a buncha packers fans.

It was the game of "The Catch II" and I was just sitting there watching my dad root on the packers. All of a sudden I just start screaming my lungs out for the 9ers and for Steve Young to get it done. I remember the final moment after the Rice fumble when Steve Young dropped back to pass and threw a perfect laser into the arms of Terrell Owens for the win.

:cool:

Corycouger

03-17-2007, 06:05 PM

Nobody in my family was into sports and I was more into WWF wrestling in the late 80's until I started playing Tecmo Bowl on Nintendo and I got more into football.

The first game I saw was Super Bowl 23 and I became hooked ever since.

I liked the Montana and Young eras but I got more into the Young era when I was in high school.

SF49erFanatic

03-18-2007, 06:46 PM

Im from around Sacramento, and my pops is a niners fan!!!

RaiderHater

03-18-2007, 06:54 PM

My Uncle and Pops are big time 49er fans. So I grew up watching them.. My dad has a friend who has been a Season Ticket Holder since the Kezar days. Every year he would give my dad tickets to the preseason games. Back then, without the internet, it was hard to get tickets unless you knew someone who had them already.

big dog0507

03-18-2007, 06:57 PM

when i was little my mom brought my older brother a cowboys jeresy(he likes the cowboys) so she didnt want to buy me one thats a cowboys so she brought me a steve young jeresy and ever since then i have like the 49ers

btw she likes the bengals

ninersrule

03-18-2007, 08:17 PM

When I was growing up every sunday you would hear screaming coming from the living room or family room. My Dad would be in there watching and cheering on the Niners. Watching them with my Dad, and then the Super Bowls and having all the parties. One christmas I got a Niner jacket and from then on was a niner faithful.

Miner49er92

03-18-2007, 08:23 PM

My dad is a Niners fan, so I was born a 49er Fatithful.

dynasty49

03-19-2007, 01:10 PM

I became a 49er fan in grammar school in the late 80s. This is back when I lived in New Jersey and I grew up watching the Giants and Jets. I was a big Bill Parcells fan and I used to like Bill Belichek. I used to like watching the Giants Defense, but that was about it. Then I saw a game when they played the 49ers and I saw Jerry Rice. I saw how balanced they were and tough even though they were a West Coast team, and I was in awe. So, I continued following them. I saw when they beat Cincinnati, and I was in awe of Joe Montana, and how calm he was under pressure. After that year, I was following the 49ers and Giants until Parcells left NY, then I became a full-time 49ers fan. Even through the hard years I stayed a 49ers fan. I have grown to become faithful to the 49ers. I was a little bothered when they moved from the West Coast Offense and the 4-3 defense, because I felt they were 49ers trade marks. Especially, the offense. But, I believe that Mike Nolan is a good coach, who can become great, and I believe the desicions he has made do benefit the team and personnel, which is important. Besides, I grew up watching the Giants classical personnel run the 3-4 defense, so I don't mind the defensive change. I felt they needed to go to a 3-4 years ago. Although, I dont like the fact we are using a former Cowboy's offense, but whatever works is fine with me.

Tracker

03-19-2007, 02:31 PM

Born and raised in the Bay Area. Much like most people with religion I was born into my loyalties.

As I got older my philosophies on theology have changed and become more refined but my team will forever stay the same. :sflogo:

Ronin 49er

03-19-2007, 03:59 PM

Pretty much like everybody else who grew up in the bayarea it was either Niners or Raiders. I would just say I'm a Niner cause that's what my mom's family was, my dad didn't care for football he was into boxing more.

Then one time we went down my cousin's (a raider's fan) and they were playing football in the street. Right before everybody started playing kids were calling out names of players that they were going to be. I didn't say anything because I didn't pay much attention to the NFL. Then I remember this one older kid called out "I'm Ronnie Lott"! I remembered that name for some reason. And started paying attention more to the Niners. This was after they had won their first Superbowl, so I was close to 8-9 years old.

Go Niners!!!! :sf49:

ForeverYoung880

03-19-2007, 04:51 PM

The first football game i ever watched was the 88 Superbowl vs Cincy and i jumped on the wagon! I was 9 and didnt know much about football but after that game i was hooked..... Been a diehard ever since! :sflogo:

Dynastic

03-19-2007, 07:36 PM

Lived in Fremont, CA during the late 80's and early 90's. It was impossible not to be a Niner fan the way they were kicking @$$ in those days. I started following them at the tail end of the '89 season.

DEANeYeD29

03-19-2007, 07:45 PM

I became a 49er fan, though I live in NY and my entire family excluding my brother(Seahawks fan) and myself...How did it happen? well I wanted to choose a rival team of my family because I never really got into the G-Men, but I also hated the Cowboys, Eagles, Cardinals, and Redskins...so I went for a Rival of both Seattle and NYG...so I choose the 49ers due to the color scheme of their jerseys and the fact they are a rival of both teams

707Nin3rsFan

03-19-2007, 08:09 PM

Used to watch games in my friends garage with all the neighbors, and during halftime we would play football ourselves in the street. I got a Steve Young jersey when i was little and used to wear it all the time. It was passed down to my brother, and isn;t in very good condition, but we still keep it around, even though we have both outgrown in.

Most of my family are niners fans and hopefully my familly in the future will be as well. :go9ers:

BigPaul

03-20-2007, 08:04 AM

Born and raised in Northern California, the Niners were the "hometown" team and were spectacular to a youngster football fanatic like myself back in '89/'90. Dad was also a huge Joe Montana fan, couldn't be anything else but a Niner fan. The players, the team, the prestige, haven't lost my passion for the Niners in the 18 years I can remember them.

LOrd DRen

03-20-2007, 09:32 PM

It was my birthrite.

smitty-78

03-21-2007, 07:39 AM

AS far back as I can remember I have all ways been a 9ers fan...I think it started waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in elem school. :sf49:

Jay@49erEmpire

03-21-2007, 10:00 AM

My family's following of the 49ers runs three generations deep. My Grandmother was a big RC Owens fan with his "alley oop leaps" and my dad loved watching John Brodie and Gene Washington go deep.

My parents lived in the Mission District of San Francisco where the 49ers was a way of life. Before my parents took me home as a newborn, my dad placed a 70's style 49er helmet in my room (witch I still have) and told my mom that he was bringing a new 49er fan to the world. Since then, I have followed the tradition and brought two of my own 49er fans to the world (the 4th generation)..they too have a pair of new 49er helmets displayed in thier room reminding them that thier is only one team in this world worth supporting "the San Francisco 49ers"

tommyship2

03-21-2007, 11:05 AM

My dad lived in Northern California, and at first he was a big Raiders fan. Once, they moved to LA, he switched to the 49ers. He raised me to love them, and I always will.

my dog frisco

03-21-2007, 06:10 PM

Growing up my dad did not watch football and so he did not have "a team". So I was not handed a favorite team and really knew nothing of the game. One day sometime around 85 or 86 I started to get interested in football. I sat down to watch a game one sunday and this team in red jerseys proceded to beet the hell outa the other team and I decided that was my team, so happens it was the niners and I been a fan ever since. Living in VA it was has been a rough 20 years Redskin country. Anyway GO NINERS!!!

:ninerh:

diehard16fan

12-23-2007, 08:04 PM

Joe and Jerry.... plus all my friends in high school hated them cause they were great. I hate jealous fans.

DrAxeman

12-23-2007, 09:36 PM

My first "REAL" football memory was the 1981 Raiders Superbowl. I have vague memories of games before then, but that was my first real memory. My dad was yelling at the TV, getting excited, and cursing everytime the Raiders scored. He hated the Raiders, and I was hooked on football!

Next year we all know what happened. 49ers got off to a rough start, but kicked butt the rest of the season. Montana to Clark for "The Catch" and finally the Superbowl win over the Bengals. I was hooked on the 49ers.

To this day, I hate the Raiders and still love beating the Bengals.

mertonhanks36

12-23-2007, 09:38 PM

When my dad bought me a 49ers hat. And then the rest is history...

49erssre94

12-25-2007, 11:02 AM

well i was raise up watching the broncos playing, but then came the day when the niners played agaist the boncos. I have always heard of jerry rice and john taylor( hence the sence that i play wr and te in little lg fb and hsfb). Not until that sb i really never watch the niners play. Most part of that was cause it was forbidden to watch any other teams beside the broncos. I was never into the broncos that much and always told myslf that i would never be a broncos fan. Back to when the niners played the broncos in the sb. Evryone at the house that day was wearing there broncos jersey, But not me. I decide to cheer for the Niners. I made a bet with my friend that what ever team won that game was the team i was going to cheer for the rest of my life. Well ya'll know who won that game (55-10):yahoo: :doubleup: i believe that was the final score. Well i lived up to my bet and to this day ran or shine win or lose. I'll be a Niners fan till i die. LETS GO NINERS:doubleup:

glassrose106

12-26-2007, 03:07 PM

My family loves football a lot. My oldest brother is a 49er fan and I became a fan when I was 5 mainly because my brother was a fan. My other brother and dad are Raiders fans. My mom is a Steelers fan and my sister doesn't have a favorite time.

Mech49er

12-26-2007, 06:57 PM

test test.................

ninerjeff

12-26-2007, 08:01 PM

It was my birthrite.

amen me too..:)

Brianff49ers

12-27-2007, 06:41 AM

Hated(Still DO) the Cowboys so when they played in the Championship against the Niners and Clark made the game winning TD catch I thought.... "hhhmmm any team that beats the Cowboys is my team"!! Have never stopped cheering for the Red and Gold and NEVER will... no matter how many season we suck!! LOL
:sflogo:

NinerMike

01-02-2008, 02:08 PM

I have been a Niner Fan since I was a fetus.

bweazy

01-02-2008, 02:15 PM

I moved to Sacramento from Chicago when I was 10 years old in August of 89. The following January I watched the Niners Murder the Denver Broncos 55-10. That was the first football game I remember sitting and watching. I've never looked back. We need to get back to those glory days. I've recently taken my son to his first game. Sep 17th v the Seahawks. How do you think his first experience went? I owe him one big time.

Go NINERS

650Niners

01-03-2008, 03:37 PM

Nortenos told me

Simaosabrosa

01-03-2008, 07:39 PM

Nortenos told me

:falldownlaugh:

vetelmo

01-03-2008, 10:29 PM

When i was born, i had red blood on me. It was fate. I cant remember not being a Niner fan.

young tone

01-03-2008, 11:56 PM

My family is from Richmond, CA and Oakland, CA but the family has always been 49er fans (simply because we were here first). My grandpa had season tickets at Kezar and my dad used to go to games when he was a kid. So naturally I was raised as a 49er fan, always have always will be. My dad taught me to say niner instead of dada when I was little. Die Hard Faithful (from Oakland lol)

ninerfan609

01-05-2008, 04:53 PM

My brother was on the Niner bandwagon when I was young. He knew nothing about football, But I didnt know that. I wanted to like a winning team like him. But now, hes an eagles fan, and im still a ninerfan.

NEPA49er

01-05-2008, 09:00 PM

I was really young, and it was San Fran vs the Skins and my mom is a big redskin fan and my dad would tell her theres no way the skins are beating the 9ers. Thats the story. I dont think my dad was a 49er fan, or a football fan for that matter. I couldnt have been any older than 2 or 3.

V LordofWar V

01-05-2008, 09:32 PM

parents were born in bay area and Oakland is a ^(&^hole

young tone

01-05-2008, 10:00 PM

parents were born in bay area and Oakland is a ^(&^hole

That's my city, I know its bad but calling it that isnt nice at all

ninerfan1533

01-05-2008, 10:01 PM

well my dad was a niner fan and about the age of 2 or 3 i was into football and wtched the niners every sunday with my dad, and with age my love for the niners grew and grew, played ball since i was a lil kid dreaming about being a niner, it didnt happen, but i did dream all the time. and now days im truthfully the biggest niner fan i know in person, i wil, not miss a game for nothin,and win or ,lose, ill still sport all my niner gear out in public proudly. and as a fan of them and the game of football, i became a student of the game also.

11ASmith11

01-05-2008, 10:08 PM

I was born into it my father was a niner fan. Grew up watching Montana and Rice O those were the days

V LordofWar V

01-05-2008, 10:16 PM

That's my city, I know its bad but calling it that isnt nice at all

and you havnt been stabbed yet?

Goldrusher49

01-05-2008, 10:19 PM

my uncle is a HUGE niners fan and he told me about them when i was little. so ever since then ive been a true niner fan through and through. my dad always said how he hated the niners. but it was probably because i wasnt a giants fan.haha

young tone

01-05-2008, 10:22 PM

and you havnt been stabbed yet?

Not funny :down:

V LordofWar V

01-05-2008, 10:23 PM

Not funny :down:

your right, its not, get the hell outta there.

49er Faithful

01-05-2008, 10:26 PM

My dad was a 49er fan. If I wanted to spend time with him...it was to watch the niners

pretty much same for me

i was very young,
i didnt know what was going on or what to say about the game
so i asked

"dad, who do you like?"

he said, "the 49ers"

i said, "oh, me to......which ones are they?"
:sflogo:

forever since then....my dad the next year switched to KC Chiefs
(i think to follow Montana) i looked at them and said, "they're ugly!"
and i proudly stayed

the colors, the stadium, the field, the players...there was just something special

THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL

young tone

01-05-2008, 10:26 PM

your right, its not, get the hell outta there.

Love the 49ers but Oakland still "Title Town", Oakland have won championships

sf49ergirl85

01-05-2008, 11:20 PM

Love the 49ers but Oakland still "Title Town", Oakland have won championships

But the 49ers have won more, lol.

sf49ergirl85

01-05-2008, 11:21 PM

parents were born in bay area and Oakland is a ^(&^hole

There's good parts. But it is pretty much the worst town in the East Bay.

young tone

01-05-2008, 11:26 PM

But the 49ers have won more, lol.

LMAO very true, whole Bay Area is "Home Of Champions"

NC49ersfan

01-06-2008, 04:45 AM

I was about 7 or 8 , I remember my uncles are cowboys fans and was trying to persaude me in that direction . so they bought me a cowboys backpack for school but my mom knew i liked the niners better and got me a 49ers backpack ,I would leave the house with the cowboys but had the niners inside and would switch lol .....been a niner fan ever since

KarateExplosion

01-06-2008, 02:24 PM

Birth.

I thought everyone were Niner fans until elementary school.

Bracus

01-06-2008, 02:25 PM

I was born in Vegas so all my teams are Cali teams. My B-day is the 16th so one day I saw this one fella drivin up the field wearin 16.

OsBoogie

01-06-2008, 02:43 PM

to spite all the local NY fans...

all my teams were the winners at that time (9ers, A's, Bulls)...

I know it was a kinda bandwagon thing... but I was a kid... and I stayed on the wagon...

da808n

01-07-2008, 08:50 AM

my sig says it all

jimbond_4

01-12-2008, 03:51 PM

i loved the montana rice combo

dwayne

01-12-2008, 11:39 PM

Born in SF to a father who is a 49ers fan....

So that's how it was for me.

NJ Faithful

01-13-2008, 05:18 AM

I got into the niners as a child in 1969-1970. Not exactly sure why, but I think the gold helmets was the winner for me. It was very tough getting anything niners as a NJ kid LOL! I survived some bad years & very much enjoyed the great years. Looks like we have come full circle, but I'm a niner for life! My daughter is now one of the faithful also!

FaithfulSince46

01-14-2008, 08:11 PM

Like many others, I was born into a large family of 49er fans. Every season since 1965 I have been planted in front of the TV or freezing at the stadium. My current season tickets in section 12 can be traced back to my grandfather who has head season tickets since 1946! On that note, I am deeply disturbed by the fact John York wants to charge a PSL for season ticket holders if a new stadium is built... have we ebdured enough since his reaign of terror began.

49ermavs

01-14-2008, 08:25 PM

my favorite color is red so i chose them instead of the chiefs....as i came along i knew i made a good choice because were the best!!!!!!! im not just a bandwagoner im a young niner fan "faithful since "the catch 2" when i saw that i got so excited i ran down my apartmnt stairs and screamed "we won!! we won!!" lol and i watched the whole game of our comeback against the giants...ahhhhh good ole days..although our win aainst the cardinas was good too....but yeah now im a niner fan i bleed red and pee gold=)...lol Go NINERSSSSSSS "FAITHFUL SINCE '98"

49ermavs

01-14-2008, 08:26 PM

oh yeah my dads a rams fan so we are enemies whn we play each other =)

49ermavs

01-14-2008, 08:27 PM

I was born bleeding red and gold in a red and gold woom.

lol thats just wrong :nonono:

forty9ersfan80

01-15-2008, 02:37 PM

Dad is a cowboys fan and they had always played the 49ers in the playoffs. Once i caught #80 on the field he became my favorite player. WR was always the position i played in football and you cant go wrong with mr rice. since then the last super bowl i really remember was the 94 season when they spanked the chargers. Aside from that the game that sticks out is that wild card game against the gmen because i hate that team and it was great watching them blow the lead and then a chance to win it in the end.

SB49er4life

01-19-2008, 07:05 PM

Grew up in Novato, CA... all my friends and their parents were 49er fans, and it was actually pressed on us since elementary school to back the Niners. Didn't have a whole lot of say on the matter... but it worked out for the best.

jpl04002

01-22-2008, 10:03 AM

I just remember watching Young and Rice when I was really young and jumped on the bandwagon. I've been a fan since then, even through the recent years when we haven't been that great. I constantly have to answer people as to why I'm not a Giants/Patriots/Jets fan.

Giedi

01-22-2008, 10:44 AM

Watching Delvin Williams run...

heh...

I'm so oooold!

Giedi

southern49

01-23-2008, 07:25 AM

My Pops always been a niner fan. Going back to late 70's and it just ran into me. I get a lot of crap being from Bama and being a niner fan living in Tampa, Fl. the home of the succaneers :falldownlaugh: I was even station in the bay area for two years. I'm working on my Niner room as we speak. :ninerh:

Yorkiesi

01-26-2008, 09:34 AM

Hi,
I first became a 49ers fan in the mid 1980's, when i bought a copy of gridiron UK (as i live in England), and in there was a double page picture of Joe Montana i liked the colour of the kit and the helmet has SF on the side (my initials) so after thatthere was only ever going to be one team for me.
I have watched every 49ers superbowl appearance since the too close game vs the Bengals.
Over here we get the superbowl live, but it is normally on at daft o'clock in the morning, so i used to stay up and watch thre games live.
Would love to come over and catch a game.
Roll on the glory days of the 80's and early 90's lets hope it's not too long before they are back and our team is where it should be as superbowl champuions once more.
Simon

V LordofWar V

01-26-2008, 09:16 PM

I was born bleeding red and gold in a red and gold woom.

you should get that checked out.

Optimus Moo

01-27-2008, 01:25 AM

My brother is a Dolphins fan.

We beat his Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX.

I've rooted for the Niners ever since.

49ersfan2185

01-27-2008, 10:24 AM

Haha well lets see, I have lived in New England my whole live brought up on sports, I was little and saw the 49ers logo and this was in the early 90's when we were kicking evry ones ***. I just loved the Logo and the 49ers Colors. Then I saw Rice play and he instantly became my favorite player, Montana I didnt see as much as a little kid and Young was just the man. Just watching them play and evrything I fell in love with them and to this day they still are my favorite football team. I live in New England and familey and friends talk **** because I aint a Pats fan and they talk **** about the 49ers but I am a true fan and even with the 49er struggles and the Pats winning down here I dont have the slightest erge to switch over I am a DIE HARD 49ERS FAN FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!! REDSOX, CELTICS, BRUINS are all my favorite teams for baseball, basketball and hockey. But ya I just been a 49ers fan since I was basically born and just couldnt help but be a 49ers fan it was in my blood.

Fresno 49er

01-27-2008, 10:31 AM

Had the niners dangly moblie in my crib at birth. Didn't really get into football until '81. And growing up in the 80's, it was pretty darn easy to be a 49er fan. My mom let me stay home from school when Montana hurt his back and his career was in danger. (I cried) As I sit here in my "49er" room, surrounded by former greats, (bless my wife's heart for understanding the importance of having a room like this) I realize that I have an illness that I refuse to get help for. I'm a 49er FANATIC till death!!!:heart: