When I was little, I believed that (american) football players' bodies were really shaped as they appear on the field. I never personally saw anyone shaped like that, but I thought that's because only famous people could play football, and I didn't know anyone famous. (I only ever saw football on TV, and I thought only famous people were on TV.) When I was in 2nd grade, my brother was then old enough to play jr. high football--I was surprised to learn about the shoulder and leg pads.
A childhood belief about sport
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I used to think that the only way you could play football was if you had giant shoulders.— Sam
- When I was little, I used to believe that football players really had shoulders that big.— Angie
- I used to believe that a football ref's flag was a banana peel.Anon
- I used to think that the Hunchback of Notre Dame was a football player.— Wendy
- When i was younger up untill i was like 8 or 9 i thought that famous people didnt poop only normal people!!!— kaitlin
- I used to believe that a hat trick in football was achieved when a player scored a goal with their head!— Andy