When I was 7-8 years old, I believed that the number an athlete wore was a rating on a 1-100 scale on how good that athlete was at that sport. For instance, a player that wore the number 96 would be really good, but a player that wore the number 8 would be pretty bad.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- when i was little i believed that your social security number was the number you were born on the earth — christine
- I used to belief that the Muslim women who wore their garment wore it because they were bald.Anon
- i used to think that ozzy osbourne was a hockey player, and i thought michael jackson was a basketball player.— anastacia beeverhousen
- i could swear eleventeen was a number for the longest time -- it still sounds pretty convincing.— erin
- that using athletes foot cream would instantly make me an athlete. — Kate
- i believed that moles wore davy lamps on their heads so they could see underground— Omi