i used to think that the highest number a football player had on his jersey was how many players were on the team; i was wondering why they needed to pay so many extra players when none of them substituted in. i looked for all the numbers in between!
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 records were the power source for record players.— bob
- I used to think that a conductor while conducting told the players what to play as opposed to their music.— Daryl
- The highest of all numbers was "a finnety."— Becky
- I thought for some reason that chewing tobacco was REQUIRED for Major League Baseball players.— Jeff
- I used to think that the Hunchback of Notre Dame was a football player.— Wendy