My sister used to think that the "Best and Fairest" award in Australian Football (ie: the best player of the season) was awarded to the player with the blondest hair.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- i used to think that ozzy osbourne was a hockey player, and i thought michael jackson was a basketball player.— anastacia beeverhousen
- I used to think that the Hunchback of Notre Dame was a football player.— Wendy
- I used to believe that a hat trick in football was achieved when a player scored a goal with their head!— Andy
- My little sister used to believe that a mullet was the "hair transplant" operation that balding men get.— Sarah's Sister
- I used to think that everybody's hair was black and if you had blond hair, you dyed your hair.— ~_~CoolKid93_~_
- When I was little, I used to believe that football players really had shoulders that big.— Angie