When did you get your Seahawk on?

[oldhawkfan]

Since there is a poll going on discussing the relative ages of .netters, I thought it would be interesting to see if the relative ages matched with length of fandom. I have been on board since the preseason 1976.

 

[dbmack]

From day one.

 

[Zer0veritas]

My dad grew up in Everett so even when we lived in phoenix growing up we used to try and watch all the Seahawk games. We eventually moved to Spokane when I was 10 and been going to games just recently (29) that last few years but I never miss a game every season since I can remember.

Joey Galloway was my favorite player when I was a kid.

 

[SouthSoundHawk]

I became a fan in the 90's. I'd watch football on weekends with my Grandfather, and he was a Seahawks guy. Plus, dudes like Tez and Blades had awesome names to me, as I was just a young lad...I thought they were like superheroes or something.


Been a fan ever since.

 

[tacomahawk]

Became a fan when I moved up here in the late 90's. Haven't looked back and never will stop being a Seahawk fan.

 

[bestfightstory]

Since Seattle acquired a team.

 

[JSeahawks]

Not quite old enough to be a fan from the start. I started to like them around 1984-85ish when I was about 10 years old. Kenny Easley is who first hooked me.

 

[Throwdown]

The 90s when I got into sports period, I was born in 88 so it makes sense.

 

[nwgamer]

My father was a season ticket holder. I was 4 when the hawks rolled in to town and was a dihard fan by defalt.

 

[warden]

I was a teenager in the 1976, discovered drinking and spent my Sundays nursing a hang over watching Zorn scramble.

 

[Zebulon Dak]

1987 is the year when I consciously realized the Seahawks were of equal importance to me as my parents.

 

[Seahwkgal]

Even though my family moved to Washington in 1976, I never caught on untill 1977. Because of that I had to pick the 2nd answer on the list. I was 10 years old when I became a diehard fan. We moved to Michigan in 1984 and have stayed loyal to the Hawks all these years.

 

[Recon_Hawk]

I played sports all my life growing up, including football, but I didn't get into watching the Seahawks every Sunday until I graduated from High School in 2003 and really got into the Hawks after going to my first game in 2004. My passion has only grown since.

 

[Floridahawk79]

1979 for me. San Diego was visiting and caught it on the tube in a hotel room while visiting from out of town. A junior in high school. That was a great road trip.
Fan ever since.

 

[Veilside]

I grew up watching them in the 80's (born in 1980) and loved Largent but I was too young too understand football. Didn't really pay too much attention again till 2005 and pretty much watched most games from there until 2009 which is when I really started to pay attention. Since then I've been obsessed and never looked back. My girlfriend hates it but has learned to accept that it's not going to change.

I guess technically that makes me a new fan even though I've always considered myself a Seahawks fan. I just didn't know what a fan really was until later in life.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

1984-85ish. That's when my brothers explained football to me and I started liking the opposite sex. Win, win!!!

 

[Bigpumpkin]

I was a fan even before the King Dome was built! Even before the NFL awarded Seattle a franchise!! We early day fans have been though hell!

 

[jhawk91]

Fan since 04 and never looked back!

 

[onanygivensunday]

My ex- and I moved to Seattle from southern Illinois in 1980. It was a long drive in a '79 Mazda GLC.

I instantly became a Hawks fan when we topped the summit of Snoqualmie Pass.

It was all downhill from there.

 

[FlyingGreg]

We moved from just outside Boston to Woodinville in 1977. Been a fan ever since.