I used to tell people my grandfather played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 70's because the den in his house had a bunch of Steeler posters and pennants. Turned out he was just a big fan.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- when i was young i was told that if i played with or turned my belly button that my bum would fall off — lee hull
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb
- I used to believe that Metal music was when a bunch of people would bang metal together to make noise. Ha ha.— Kassandra
- I used to believe that invisible giants played with us like I played with my dolls. — Alexandria
- I used to think that there were small people on TV who worked when I turned on the TV— JAVIER
- I used to believe that when people died, they turned brown just like plants do when THEY die.— Joey Schwartzman