When and why did you become a 9ers fan?

i’ve been a niner fan since i was around 4 or so because my family is pretty big on football my entire family is niner fans except my grandpa. i guess the reason they are my favorite team is because i group up in a family that followed them strongly and i just went the same way they did.

I have no real reason to be a 49er fan. I was 5 when they won their last Superbowl but I don’t remember paying attention to football until the Packers-Patriots Superbowl. I do, however, remember always rooting for the 49ers so I think them winning the Superbowl has something to do with it even if I don’t remember. I’m from Southern California and my family used to have Rams season tickets but we hate them now and I don’t really have a “home” team to root for so I root for the 49ers.

Growing up in Iowa, a team really isn’t something you see in person often. Unless of course you like the Bears. Normally liking the Bears ties in the Cubs. I grew up with a lot of people who rooted for the Bears, then came the 85 Superbowl Shuffle. At that time I began watching Football and vowed to never like the Bears. I was watching them play the 49ers on Monday night, I seen the helmet and was mesmarized then I seen Jerry Rice and Joe Montana and the Bears get blown out. I forget the score but my whole class was mad they had 0 and I had found my first and only NFL team!!

That was when my dad egged on Young and told me Montana was king. I guess I followed the 49ers then just to get back at my dad.

But it wasn’t until 1998 did I really commit to the team. In fact, I just wrote a piece about it right here
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/173472-the-1998-san-francisco-49ers-when-i-became-faithful

I grew up in San Jose so I’ve always been a 49er fan. My first memory of the 49ers was at a super bowl party with my parents. The 49ers were playing the Bengales (the 2nd time) and were losing with minutes to go. Montana marched the 9ers down the field and hit John Taylor in the endzone. Best super bowl ever. The second best was watching the Giants sack the [site decoreum] out of Brady for 4 quaters.

My dad was a Cowboys fan, and I purposely rooted for the team he couldn’t stand. Half-hearted fan until the late 90s/early 00s, when I moved out and actually had access to non local broadcasts and could keep up beyond highlights and box scores.

My grand pa who has season tickets at kezar.. told me I should be a 49er fan.. during the NFC title game against Too tall jones and the Dallas Cowboys..
(also known as the catch)

Towards the end, in that game they were losing to the cowboys 20-27.. and I told my grand-pa.. "ok if they win.. I will be a 49ers fan.. you can imagine how surprised we both were.. and yes we still talk football.. he is 92.. BTW he thought Nolan was a “candy-ass”.

an SF native, I’ll be rooting for the hometown teams my whole life.
So I caught on in the mid to late nighties when i could understand what’s going on.

I read an article on Bill Walsh. Seriously. It talked about how they drafted players and coached them up and about the kind of stuff you read about here:
http://www.coachsoffice.com/pdfs/1983_BILL_WALSH.pdf
I was 9 years old and had scarcely seen an NFL game (I grew up in Saskatoon). I was hooked even before I ever saw Montana to Rice.

3 years old when i first watched a niner game, and when they wanted to change the channel, i told them no because this team was good and i enjoyed watching them play. I grew up in the bay area so i love most of the teams, except the a’s and the raiders, plus my brothers and i were all born in the same year the niners won the superbowl

When y’all drafted Crabs.

My dad started watching 49ers in the early 70s. Too bad I wasn’t for the first 4 superbowls. Always have been a 9ers. Don’t remember not watching the 9ers. I hated Jeff Garcia because I thought he was the reason Steve Young stopped playing. Now i’m cool with Jeff.

Been a fan for a while now. Probably a solid 16 years through-and-through.

Basically, I wanted to be different, it was either the Cowboys or their greatest rival, and well the rest is solid gold.

Started getting into football around 87, my dad was a Bears fan so I was too, I didn’t really understand football, being only 5 at the time and not having seen many games outside of the SB’s. When the 88 season started I decided that I loved football and that I wanted to pick my own team to root for. So I sat down one day, turned on the tv and watched as Steve Young threw a 10 yard slant to Jerry Rice who then turned it into a 60 yard dash to the end zone. Needless to say I found my team

Well, I grew up in Las Vegas in the 80s without a real football team to cheer for. I had to pick somebody and it was easy to pick the 49ers. I never felt drawn to the East Coast teams that were playing well then (Giants/Redskins). I picked the 49ers and have been a fan ever since. Even though I knew I was a real fan, I (and most other fans who became 49ers fans in the 80s) probably make my bones with the team until 1999/2000 when they went 4-12 and 6-10. And anybody who remained a fan through the Erickson years is probably a legit fan.

playing tecmo super bowl for the NES and rolling with my niners Montana to Rice = unstoppable. plus i watched the 49ers vs. Chargers and i loved every minute of it. GO NINERS!

I became a big niner fan. By age 10, i knew more about them than 90% of fans. Why, well I live 20 minutes away and have been a season tickethold for 7 years. But its also because the niners, even during the yorks reign of poor management, never have had too many bad guys and have never been known as a trashtallking team with rude fans. Classy organization, classy fans, classy players. Thats why we’ve won 5 superbowls.

But my clearest memory was of the 9ers beating Dallas to go to the SB and spank the Chargers.

two years ago i rooted for the raiders but then fell in love with frank gore and have been a niner fan ever since

simply put i loved the excellence and precision of the offense. how long ago the days are…

and my dad and older brothers were niner fans, so I followed suit. All my friends have always been Niner fans which is great because half are A’s and half are Giants fans, so it’s nice to have something to pull us all together.

Have been a fan since the early 70’s when John Brodie and company were making noises like a football team under Dick Nolan. I remember the old rivalry between the Rams and the Niners. I had never had a chance to see a game live only on TV.

When they went down hill in late 70’s I left football behind for a while and got into watching racing. I used to go with a bunch of friends down to Laguna Seca in Monterey.I say a lot of good racing.

Later a job change brought me into contact with some guys who had season tickets for the Niners and I had a chance to see a game live for the first time during preseason. The following year I got tickets for the whole year in section 51 for $120 for the complete package ($12 per game). The year 1981 and I was fortunate enough to see the whole saga unfold right before my eye’s including "The Catch". As the niners became the dominant team in the NFL the ticket prices rose so that by 1985 the season package rose to $360 and being a family man with kids to support I had to let them go however I am now will remain a “DIE HARD NINER FAN”

WC-NINERHEAD

There isn’t one moment that I can point to and say this is when I became a 49ers fan. You could accurately say that I was born a 49ers fan because both my Mom and Grandpa were 49ers fans. I grew up watching games with them (and my brother) and have been hooked since. I guess it helps that my adolescence was during the 1980’s and I grew up watching Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Roger Craig, Steve Young, etc. etc.

I was kinda born into it because I was born in Yuba City, CA (about an hour north of Sacramento). When I was a little kid I always loved the local teams (which were closest to where I lived). Having been born in 1990 I’ve seen almost all bad years (because I was only 4 when we won the last Super Bowl) I am proud to still be a 49er and I can’t wait until we are good again, because it’s only gonna be that much sweeter.

And I know this a football blog, but I’m curious to know what other teams everyone supports. Preferably basketball and soccer.

my pops took me to a 49ers game when I was 8 or 9 and I was a member of the Jr. 49ers(I can’t remember the exact name) but we got to go on the field before the game and we all sat together way up top. I remember OJ played in the game and I thought he ran back a punt or kick off for a touchdown but I don’t know for sure……what a great day…then they started winning everything

Theres something about Mary

I feel old after looking at some of these posts but when I was 8 I happened to turn on the ‘83 Championship game at end of 3rd quarter with Niners down 21-0. I started watching to see what football was like and watched Joe Montana lead the 49ers to 21 points in the 4th quarter. We ended up losing 24-21 but I’ve been a fan of the Niners and Montana ever since.

I started liking the 49ers In the late 70’s around 78 or 79. My Step Father and Mom liked the 9ers. His son’s liked diffrent teams. The one a year older then me like the Steelers and the one a year younger then me liked the Cowboys. Needless to say I can’t stand either of those teams because of them. To me, they were just bandwagon fans because they had been winning the few years prior. Well I have been in the Military for over 20 years now and have always pulled for the niners! So it has made it quiet intresting over the years.. lived in Cowboy country, redskin country, and Buccs Country. Now I’m told here in Minot ND, it is usually Viking country. At anyrate, It is time to chance our 6th ring!

and was a Broncos fan at the time because my dads family is from NW nebraska and at the time i just went with the flow. That all changed when i was in 3rd grade reading in the library and there sitting on the magazine rack one just stuck out and i went right for it. It was Jerry Rice on the cover after he won his MVP in Super Bowl 23. i read the entire article and when the broncos and niners played in the super bowl next year i was still on the fence. But after the huge blowout i jumped whole heartedly on the bandwagon and remeber fondly wearing my niners starter jacket. I may have started a bandwagonoing 9 year old but after the last 10 years agony and mostly defeat im still as big a fan i was 20 years ago.

I was a foreign student from Indonesia, I came to the Bay Area back in ‘89; I was a soccer fan and didn’t fancy or understand American Football at all, but it all changed when I saw Joe Montana’s amazing comeback and John Taylor’s unbelievable TD run against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football back in ’89

I had the privilige to arrive during the Niners winning season when they eventually thrashed the Denver Broncos 55-10 in the Superbowl. To me, that season was the perfect introduction for a new fan like me.

I am a lifelong Niners fan since then, I am now back in Indonesia and I still follow them to this day. Go Niners!

The rugged style of play from Lott, Craig, and Rathman intersted me. I Later began to appreciate the exellence of coach Walsh. I became a fan in the 88-89 season. I never really watched football that much before then. The niners got me into football. The rest is history…..Stelf Bombz

The only thing I was into was WWF (Now WWE) Wrestling. That was from my time growing up in the 80s until 1993. Living in the Bay Area, I’ve always heard 9ers 9ers 9ers. I then became very much intrigued by them. I then learned how Football was played by my dad, because he overheard me asking my friend on the phone. Then luckily, the very first full year altogether I followed the 49ers/NFL, the 49ers won the title. They’ve stuck with me ever since.

I was 5 years old! Living in Mexico City and the only sport that we most watched, played, and practiced was soccer, I wanted to play something more physical so one day while watching TV and changing channels, I saw my first football game it was the 49ers and the Saint December 7 1980 and I saw the Niners come from behind to beat the Saints 38-35 after being down 35-7! Their record at the end of that season was 6-10, but I was not looking at the record like some people do, I saw their heart!

This was easy. I was almost 4 years old and my dad walked me across Fulton Street to Golden Gate Park and we went to the Polo Field where San Francisco’s new professional football team, the 49ers were practicing. I saw red jerseys and was hooked for life. Waited 35 years for our first Super Bowl and learned one of life’s great lessons: patience. The best part of growing up at that time is that now I have seen every 49er team, player and coach in history. I guess that makes me one of a rare breed. Go Niners.

Have always been a Tech fan so it was natural to support the team that has crabs.

1992-1993 Playoffs. I was young and had been a Bengals fan. They’d make me cry when they lost, so I switched my allegiances. I went with the 49ers for reasons unbeknownst to me. However, I vividly remember it being the year the Bills made the second-half comeback against the Oilers. We lost to the Cowboys that year… and the next. The next year, that first-quarter pick by Eric Davis in the NFC Title Game… whoot! Still love thinking about that. One of the greatest starts to a game, ever. I wish I’d gotten in on the Montana years, however.

I’m brand new to the site. It’s good to be here. Look forward to talking Niners with you guys. I became a niner long ago, long as i can remember. I grew up and still live in Northeast Ohio, so it was either the Browns or the Steelers as far as the demographic goes, but i chose the niners. I can vaguely remember watching them on tv, i remember liking the red and gold uni’s, then the rest is history!

i Have always liked the 49ers every since i got into football about age 5. and for 10 years now i have liked the 49ers and never changed once on my opinion.

Earlier that year, Joe Montana ripped the Dolphins in the Super Bowl. It was Destiny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goes back to ’77, first game Dad took me too. Took the boat over from Marin and grabbed the bus to the stick. Saw the Seattle Seahawks (preseason I think?) been on board ever since.

Granted I was about 5 months old at the time, but the move turned my Oakland-raised dad to the red and gold, and I soon followed.

im from baltimore and had limited access to see the 9ers. but when i saw them i was amazed. they were the only football team that inspired me as much as michael jordan did. they still do. ( well the 49er greats still inspire me). it was weird being the only 9er fan growing up in my area, but hey, greatness recognizes greatness! & the 49ers are the greatest franchise in any sport……..nuff said.

I’m originally from Fairfield, CA. My dad was a big A’s/Niners fan so that was part of the reason. Plus, I remember watching alot of the Niner games growing up and really started getting into them about two or three years before I moved up to Montana. I miss the days of Rice, Young, Hearst, Hanks, B. Young, Brent Jones. I mean I have always been a Niner fan but I didn’t really get into them like the A’s till I was 13.

I use to like the Bulls just for Jordan but I like the Warriors and Kings. Kings more coz I love Sac Town. In fact I lean more towards Sacramento the Golden State. I remember when they played Seattle in the first round and got bounced out.

Got into the Sharks about mid-90’s watching them on that station out of San Jose in my room because it was the only channel I could get. I was probably 8 or 9. But I use to like the Ducks coz of the movie.

A’s I’ve been following as long as I could remember. My biggest memory is going to A’s games with my dad. I loved watching Mark McGwire, Walt Weiss, Terry Steinbach, Dave Stewart and Ricky Henderson. But definitely remember ’89 the most. Thats probably as far back as it goes. Synonmous with the quake.

Like the San Jose Earthquake. I was not happy when the owners moved the team to Houston and took a team that was successful and forced San Jose to essentially rebuild. I use to love Landon Donovan till he left for Germany and come back to play for the Galaxy. I HATE CHIVAS USA AND THE GALAXY.