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Merged:When and HOW did you become a FinFan?

It was the Super Bowl vs the Redskins - two plays in particular:

1) David Woodley to Jimmy Cefalo long TD bomb
2) Fulton Walker 98 yard Kickoff return

Been hooked ever since...
 
I was raised in Miami, loved football, and eventually grew to idolize Nick Buoniconti and Czonka. It was easy to love a team run by Shula, a winner in every sense.
 
I went over to Disney when I was 5... my parents bought me a loada Dolphins gear.

About 4 years ago I really got into the sport, and became a huge Dolphins fan.
 
X-mas day in 1971

I was 7 and my dad took me to the Chiefs/Dolphin game on Christmas, man was my mom pissed.... I remember having my red and white Chiefs jacket on and never wore it again after that day.... I loved the Dolphins colors and the way the team fought back after almost losing twice to missed field goals by KC.
My dad ran out of money around the first overtime and the man next to us was a Dolphins fan and bought us Hot chocolate. I still can see [font=Times New Roman, Times]Garo Yepremian kicking the winning field goal and the team rushing to him to celebrate. We went home with a story that my mom could care less about but one I will never forget.... Been a fan ever since and still live in KC.

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across here virtually no-one likes american football (which is its real name btw, real football is played with your feet), so i'm in a very small minority. i'll call it football since i'm on this site tho ;)

i actually discovered football at a second-hand book sale at primary school when i was 9. there was a rather hefty book explaining the rules on sale for 5p which looked like a bargain.

took me three reads thru before i had the slightest idea what the hell it was all about. i instantly decided that any game that was THIS complicated must be the best game ever so became a fan - without having seen a game.

shortly after announcing this my gran gave me a massive dan marino poster and i was a dolphan who'd never seen a game.

(i have a soft spot for the 49ers too, buts that just because i've been to san francisco and love the place. wasn't too keen on them when i was watching my first superbowl in 1985!)
 
I guess I'm showing my age when I say that I've been a Dolfan since 1966. I was living in Ft. Pierce and remember all the hoopla about Miami getting a football team. While I don't remember much about the games, I do remember Wahoo McDaniel, who was also a pro wrestler, and the Wilsons, and the opening kickoff for a touchdown. I also remember all the losses.

Later, in 1971--1973, I was attending Florida Atlantic University, and got to attend several games over those years which, of course, were the best. I saw Griese, Kick, Czonka and the rest of the crew during their unbeaten season playing the likes of Joe Willie and Len Dawson. Then, in 1972, a miracle happened. I actually attended a party for Jake Scott, and got to meet him, Dick Anderson, Jim Mandich, Marv Fleming, Manny Fernandez and others. I even crashed at their apartment!

I suffered through the loss of Czonka, Kick and Warfield to the Canadian league, and demise of the Super Bowl teams, Woodstrock and celebrated the ascendancy of Marino. I mourned the retirement of Shula who, by that time, I felt like was a dear friend, although I have never met him.

Today, I am as much a rabid fan as I was in the early 1970's. I brought my kids up as Dolfans; I scheduled honeymoons and divorces around Dolphin games, I went to games in the Orange Bowl and Joe Robbie, and have worn silly Dolphin hats and waved white hankies. I plan on having the Dolphin logo inscribed on my headstone.

Thank God for satellite, as I never would have moved out of Florida if I couldn't get Dolphin games every weekend. When Jax got the Jags, I bought a satellite and stayed true aqua and orange. Now, in Redskin country, I am an anomoly. But, there is no doubt as to my loyalty. It shows in my office, on my truck and at home,

I AM A DOLPHINS FAN NOW AND FOREVER !!!!!!!
 
I remember watching the Dolphins beat the Colts in the playoffs ('71). I became a hardcore fan in '72. Kept a scrapbook of the season. Collected Topps. Bought a Jersey. I was in!
 
Right on Richmond! Just for the record Csonka, Kiick and Warfield went to the WFL - Memphis I believe. What a waste. You probably remember the '74 P.O. loss to the Raiders as I do as the end of the dynasty.
 
my first game i saw was where lamar gordon torched (i forget) who maybe the colts in the playoffs and i have watched everygame since.
 
SCall13 said:
This has probably been asked several times. But just out of curiousity: How, when and why did everyone become Dolphin fans?
Me? I can vaguely remember when I was 5 years old, my brother was a Cowboys fan(yikes) and they were playing Miami. Just to annoy my brother, I kept saying go Dolphins, etc. Miami won the game. After that, I'd beg my dad to buy me Miami Dolphins clothes, pennants, garbage cans, football cards, etc. So I have been a Dolphins fan pretty much all of my life.
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similar story - born in rochester, n.y. - my family were bills fans - i was a rebel
 
When I was 9 my best friends relative turned me on to football and he was a Dolfan. I have been one ever since and I am 37 now(28 years and counting and proud of it). I am a true diehard 4 life cause my 7 very reall Dolphin tattoo's are on my for good, lol. Lopng live our Phins.
 
1973 I was three years old. My family was fishing in a chartered boat off of Marco Island. A freak wave shook the boat and spilled my helpless body overboard. Fortunately a pod of dolphins came to my rescue. They fed me raw fish and taught me how to fight off sharks with my nose. Eventually, in 1984, they led me back home.:D
 
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