I used to think that football players (American football that is) were not human. They wear those helmets and massive shoulderpads, which I thought were actually their heads and the shape of their bodies. I was very surprised the first time I saw one of them take his helmet off!
A childhood belief about sport
others believed things like this
- 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
- When I was a kid, I used to think that the only way you could play football was if you had giant shoulders.— Sam
- 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
- I used to believe that beat bobbies wore big helmets so they couldnt fit into patrol cars,so they had to walk!— Tommy B