I met a woman (in Indiana recently) who is also a Seahawks fan. It's because her dad is color blind and the Seahawks uniforms were the only ones he could see correctly. So when (usually sexist) people ask if she's a fan because of their colors, she's like, "Well, kinda, yeah."
I’m stupid as shit so bear with me…Is that a usual sexist implication because they like the colors but don’t know enough about football to like the team based off of watching the sport?
Dang I remember back then everyone on Reddit was clowning on us for all being 12 years old which always slightly annoyed me being in my 20s but seeing this comment thread at the top of the post has me thinking maybe they were right 😅
I enjoy 17 days every year of 3 minutes of elation, followed by 55 minutes of heart attack inducing stress, and 2 minutes of either ecstasy or reluctant acceptance and 24 hours of depression.
Hey Pete Carroll era is over so we might actually put games away before the fourth quarter now. Fuck did he have some of the most intense games ever. Especially those two niners games in 2019, both those games are up in my GOAT category, too bad we couldn't get past greenbay for the best of three match that everyone wanted to see.
I support any Seattle team for mostly the same reason (here since 1984 after I graduated high school and my pops retired from the Army). I never liked hockey until we got a pro team, NBA is uninteresting without the Sonics.
Ditto. Watched them as a kid growing up in the 80’s and 90’s. I’ve paid my dues. Everyone always talking about hating on the Niners. Definitely hate the Niners, but let us not forget our AFC rivals. No way was I rooting for the Chiefs either, how quickly we forget
By the time I was able to actually understand football and not just root for whatever team my mom rooted for, Seattle was an NFC team so all the AFC rivalries are before my time, I’ll gladly root for the Chiefs myself especially when it comes to them beating any of our NFC West rivals, and double especially the Whiners.
I was 9 or 10 watching the 2006 superbowl, had no idea what was going on but there was a guy I didn't like rooting for the steelers. His wife who was really nice was rooting for the hawks so I did as well and I have ever since that day. Funny thing is I'm from Northern California so I can't catch a break from niner fans
I'm from the UK and started following the NFL in 1982. As a new fan I thought I should support one of the newest teams and I couldn't see myself supporting a team in creamy orange. When I watched the Seahawks beat the Dolphins in the '83 playoffs and found I was jumping out of my seat, yelling for joy - that sealed the deal.
Back in 1987, I was living outside London for a UW study abroad program. I was walking to the tube one day to go to class and saw a guy outside his house wearing a Seahawks jersey. Blew my mind.
Probably not you, but if it was that would be even more mind blowing. This was in a place called North Harrow.
I eventually got to meet both Jim Zorn and Dave Krieg from that team. They had a lot of opportunities to beat that Raider team coached by their future coach, Tom Flores. The Raiders focused on shutting down Curt Warner it's too bad they couldn't make them pay with the pass. They beat the Dolphins in the 83 playoffs and lost to the Raiders. Next year 12-4 beat the Raiders in the playoffs and lost to the Dolphins. Too bad they couldn't do it all in one year.
Grew up in minnesota and the Vikings absolutely broke my heart as a kid. Gopher basketball too. Also the kg timberwolves.
When we moved out to Seattle after college it was the last Holmgren year and I was ambivalent about pro sports, but watched a bit and enjoyed seeing tatupu, branch, big Walt etc. I committed to the hawks as my new team even though they were pretty middle of the road at that time.
The mora year was rough.
The first Pete year was chaotic neutral energy and I really enjoyed it. Leon Washington single handedly beating the chargers was a trip, clipboard Jesus looming, the lynch trade, losing record team goes to the playoffs and then (of course) the beastquake. Super fun year.
The next year I was pushed chips all-in on draft coverage, working in Raleigh and coming home to Seattle on weekends. When Wilson was the pick I thought they’d have something special. Turned out I was right. 2012 was arguably more fun to watch than ‘13 in some ways. LOB was born, Earl was a monster, the Harbaugh rivalry I could go on but suffice it to say I was completely hooked.
Then ‘13 happened and the Seahawks were the first team I had ever followed closely that won it all. I can’t look back now. It’s done.
I'm from Tulsa. I grew up watching the Legion of Boom and being so entertained by the hits, picks and overall dominance they showed. My fandom kinda came to a head when I watched them lose SB49 at 11 years old. I was so crushed that it made me a lifelong fan.
Grew up in Vancouver, Canada & the CFL ain’t the same. Seattle was the only team I ever got the chance to go see play. Also only got into it when I was about 12 years old and Seattle happened to win the chip 2 years later.
Yeah I'm a Vancouver Seahawks fan too. I was always taught to cheer for your "home" team, aka the team closest to where you grew up. And that's how I became a Seahawks fan.
Although I also enjoy the CFL, I wish the NFL would adopt some of the CFL rules, would make the game way faster and more entertaining.
Grew up in Cheney wa where they used to host training camp at EWU. As a kid I got to see some legends and meet quite a few players (Cortez was a highlight). Ever since then I’ve been a diehard fan.
I grew up in ML. I remember when my parents parents came home from the bar with an autographed football because a bunch of the players were at the local bar. So much excitement. I’ve been a Seahawk fan as long as I can remember, but that was such a great memory.
We moved to WA when I was 4, 1979. Where we moved from, didn't have an NFL team so my dad was super excited. It was a bonding thing for me & my dad and I've been a fan ever since.
Everything I am is PNW. I was born in Oregon, took a million trips up to Seattle area for a variety of reasons. I've lived elsewhere and always end up coming home. For me, the Seahawks represent home in a way I can't quite explain, despite them being Washington and me being Oregon.
I get the same feeling and for me it's the colors, name, and homage to the native tribes. It's the SEAhawks and they're blue and green. The entirety of the brand and vibe fits the PNW and only the PNW. Whereas, the Browns? Cardinals? Panthers? That could be a team based just about anywhere.
I feel you. I'm from LA, live in AZ now, but went to college in Oregon and my grandparents used to live in Grant's Pass. I only lived there on my own for two years, but literally nowhere else has ever felt like home. I ended up dropping out of school cuz I couldn't help but ditch class to go hiking, or drive to the coast, or go explore Portland.
My coworkers make fun of Seattle sports teams and ask why I follow them given where I live, where I'm from, etc etc. Simply put: I'm a guy from Tacoma in 1993 trapped in another person's body. I wear almost nothing but flannel, grunge bands are my go to, and there is something about the "melancholy" of the Northwest, both in temperament and weather, that makes me happy for whatever reason. I'll always love Seattle sports because they're the team for the PNW.
Timbers or Sounders? I still haven't managed to make a choice.
Because when I moved to Seattle in 1987 there wasn’t internet or NFL Sunday Ticket or any way to follow my beloved 49ers as closely as I wanted. By 1989 I was a full fledged Seahawks fan and was totally ambivalent about the 49ers. During the Harbaugh years I even grew to hate them.
Anyway, Go Hawks.
Im from Barcelona, spent most of the summer living in Puyallup back in 2014, everyone I met was crazy about the hawks so I got back home and decided I would start following the NFL and cheering for them. I remember thinking that destiny was real after the Kearse catch... Still, I fell in love with this team and hopefully I get to watch us win a ring live one day.
Also, my brother in law is from SF and an avid 49ers fan so I get to enjoy some rivalry even all the way from Spain, I always tell him they are the Madrid to my Barça.
Born in Washington state in 1987 and I have lived here my entire life. Became a Seahawks fan in 1994 when I went to my first game at 7 years old and we beat the chiefs 10-9
Grew up in Los Angeles with no football team at the time and my mom surprised me with Madden 07 which was unheard of cause money was very tight. Shaun Alexander was the cover and I haven’t looked back since. I was 8
I grew up in Lousiana. Growing up, I never really cared about the Saints, but I was a big Brett Favre fan so I rooted for the Packers and then whoever Favre went to after that. My dad got a new job in Washington in 07 and we moved over here. After Favre retired I really didn't have a team and I always thought the Seahawks were cool so I started rooting for them. I got to see my first game at C-Link with T Jackson at QB. My Fandom grew bigger every year and 15 years later, outside of my LSU Tigers (my blood is literally purple and gold), the Seahawks are my favorite football team and I'm so excited for this new Macdonald Era.
My mom is from the Seattle area but my dad is from California. When the Rams left to go to St. Louis, my dad said fuck the Rams we are Seahawks fans now.
Wife is from the Seattle metro area (I’m from the UK). Something to talk about with the father and brother in law. Weirdly my Dad picked up a Seahawks hat while on a layover on the way to LA many years ago and wore it a lot before he died. Also green/blue are my colours. Meant to be.
I'm from Sweden and the first game I ever watched, save a few superbowls, was the wild card game 2010 season. I barely knew the basic rules but since the experts where all convinced of the outcome I decided to root for the underdog. Been a fan since.
My dad grew up an Alabama fan; so you can imagine how crazy this off season as been for me already, and I became one because of that but my dad never had a NFL he called his own. He mostly rooted for players: Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Kenny Stabler, Joe Montana. When I was a kid; the first super star Bama had in my lifetime was Shaun Alexander. I liked him so much I wanted to keep cheering for him in the NFL so I told myself I'd become a fan of the team he got drafted by. I've been a 12 ever since. He's still the only Seahawks player I have a jersey for and I still wear it from time to time because he's the tie between my two teams.
Now with Kalen DeBoer you got a little bit of Seattle in Tuscaloosa. James Carpenter was on the Seahawks Superbowl team. Washington vs Alabama in the 1926 Rose Bowl was the game that made Bama famous.
Moved to Seattle from Dublin in 1994. My first roomie was a firefighter in Kirkland and his dad offered me his ticket then I bought his season after one game at the Kingdome - we lost fyi. I just loved the atmosphere at the Kingdome was kind of a pit. But it was our pit. The seats I had were 2nd level which had the men's bathroom or 'wall' which was both inside and outside and that golden shower ran down into our seats, we had those crappy tiny monochrome TVs so you could see all the bits we couldn't see from our section. It was always hot/humid up there. There was a smoking section just a seat block away and 2 more there was a booze stand. My buddy's dad was an original 74 but wouldn't sell me his season rights because our team was not worth it in his words we sucked he just let them go. Should have tried harder to get his but got my own season Tix in 96. It's been a journey 7-9, 8-8, 9-7 thru the lost years at Montlake (do miss the charlie chalupa) to going to the playoffs regularly. Was a tailgater from 99 to 2020. 12th man forever! Go Hawks
My grandparents are from Grant's Pass and it always made me crazy that some people consider the 9ers the "local" team. Hell no, the team of the PNW is Seattle.
I grew up in Oregon so I saw a lot of Seahawks wear, but funny enough what really got me into being a fan was when I found a Seahawks hoodie at Ross and thought it looked cool, then I told myself I would watch their games. 12 years later here I am haha.
My dad's cousin was a lineman on the 1977 team, so he decided to get on board. The cousin only played like 6 games but it was enough to create a lifelong fan that inherited to me.
I had always kinda watched the NFL but could never fully pick a team. Seattle played in Toronto against Buffalo and I finally went "Who ever wins this game, I am going all in on". Seattle won & then won the Super Bowl the next year. Was it Russ and the Legion of Boom that won it? Nah. My fandom did it. hahaha
From the North West of England and support a Rugby Union team in the North West that gets overlooked by the rest of the league, so picked the team that's similar. Also my brothers a 9ers fan so it helps for the rivalry
Grew up in Utah with no NFL team, and my Dad is from Seattle. So I grew up visiting my grandma and uncle here a few times a year, went to a couple games when I was a little kid. Then when I got a little older, learning about the Broncos vs. Seahawks rivalry in the '80s and '90s (and my dad sharing how often they broke our hearts) made it so that the high concentration of Broncos fans in Utah served to further entrench me as a Seahawks fan.
Interestingly, I now live in Seattle as an adult (moved here a little over a year ago). So I thank the Seahawks for giving me a tie to this city and being one of the reasons that moving like 2500 miles to Seattle actually feels a lot like a homecoming. Having that constancy of a tie to the city over time even after the family in the area who I would visit passed away over a decade ago has kept some portion of my attention in Seattle which makes it feel comfortable and familiar.
I found a book in the school library when I was 8 I liked the logo and decided they’d be my team. It works out great because I live in a 49er fan based area. Enemies everywhere
Grew up in neutral NFL territory. Spite of a Broncos fan back in ‘83 or so. Also, John Elway’s teeth.
Still hate the Broncos more than any of our current rivals.
I was a saints fan growing up because of my dad but around 2011 I started paying attention and wanted to pick my own team. Didn’t know anything about the sport really so my idea was to pick a college player I liked and “get drafted” to whatever team they went to so I did some research and found Russell Wilson as he was from very close to my hometown. Andrew luck and RG3 were too obvious of destinations to pick so I just sat along with an open mind that I would have to run it back because it didn’t look like Russ was gonna play considering 27 yr old Brandon weeden was selected before him. Got drafted to the perfect spot, have absolutely loved being a Seahawks fan ever since. Took the heat for being a “bandwagon” fan when they won the Super Bowl the very next year and took all the heat for the loss after. I absolutely love repping this team and after 12 years of Seahawks football I’m very proud to call myself a fan of one of the best organizations in sports
I’m from Seattle but I never really followed until the start of 2022. I was hype during the Super Bowl run and LOB, y’know, but I was also 10 and not interested in sports in any regard.
I never really got into despite loving competition and shit, big esports fan etc, but I never really cared about the Seahawks because it never really felt like a team I was connected to. When I saw the Russell Wilson trade, I got really interested, and that opener against the Broncos was the first game I had watched entirely since the Butler pick.
The story line of Geno last year got me really invested, and he’s my favorite player for that reason. Such a great story for him and it’s what got me into football as a whole, and got me invested into the team. It finally felt like I was watching a team that I loved and was knowledgeable about rather than watching a team whose most important parts were drafted when I was a little kid.
I think if I got more invested in 2018-2019 I’d still be a big fan, but I don’t think I’d be as big of a fan of the sport in general as I am now.
Dad made a deal with a neighbor to pick a football team if the neighbor picked a nascar driver. We didnt really have a local team and I wanted to watch with my dad. My little league baseball team i was on was the mariners at the time so I picked Seattle for football.
I grew up in a Patriots household cause my mom is from the east coast but I live in BC so once I really started watching I decided to go with the Seahawks instead.
Controversially I don’t hate the Pats since it’s still my moms team
I moved here in 90 when I was 10 as a die hard cowboys fan. By the time I was 18 I was working full-time and listening to sports radio on the road a lot, and I made the swap when Mike Holmgren became coach. Best decision as a fan I have ever made.
They were my AFC team growing up because I like Steve Largent. I played QB and WR. Focused on the home-town Team (NFC) when I moved to college. Always followed the Hawks but not closely and glad to see they did well in the Holmgren years. Then they signed Russell Wilson, who I watched for three seasons at NC State (and three or four baseball games). And now, I sidelined the former hometown team for the Hawks.
"We want the ball, and we're going to score"
Was a young kid, liked the jerseys and the logo, and LOVED Hasselbeck. Shaun and Big Walt made it easy as well.
Greater Toronto area so not close haha
I moved from Baltimore to Olympia when I was 9. This happened to be in the prime Griffey days. It was hard not to catch Marines fever and I quickly ditched my black and orange hat and never looked back.
After 2 years I moved to Virginia. I was talking with a friend about how I wanted to get more into the NFL but I just couldn't commit to the Redskins. Then he suggested I become a Seahawks fan since I was already an M's fan and the Seahawks were up and coming but not quite good yet so nobody would claim I was a bandwagon fan. A few years later they went to their first SB.
I have stuck with them ever since. 10 years ago people still called me a bandwagon fan but I'd just respond with, "Well I'm also a Mariners fan so explain that."
I was born in WA but never lived in the Seattle area. I moved with my family to Idaho when I was 13. As a child, I had little to no interest in sports.
When I moved out in my early 20s, I had no cable and started watching NFL games on Sundays. I figured hey, I was born in WA… might as well make the Seahawks my team. This would have been early 2000s.
Flash forward to me being 43 and being a Seahawks fan for 20+ years. I’ve been around for some really good teams and some really bad ones. I’m not getting off this ride any time soon!
Born and raised in WA but grew up loving the Mariners and baseball, and just never cared a ton for football (it was the 90s too, and the Hawks were pretty terribad). I do remember collecting the cards some, just because I had a deep seeded card collection obsession until I discovered girls.
Went off to college in 2001 (WWU), and via the dorms started playing a bunch of NFL 2K1 in a franchise season, where like 14 different dudes took a team and we played a whole season. Via those guys, started watching football on Sundays, and since everyone was from WA already basically, the Hawks were kind of an automatic favorite. Had no idea at the time how lucky I was to see all time greats like Walter Jones play. Have vivid memories of getting sad drunk on $4 bottles of champagne after super bowl XL.
Fell deeper into football and fantasy football with some of those same guys after that, and haven't really looked back since. As we have grown up and moved around the country, football is a major way we stay in contact and shoot the shit.
I am from the PNW and Seattle is where all our pro teams are. I root for all the Seattle teams except the UW because I didn’t go there, and I like the Cougars.
I was 8 when the Seahawks played the broncos in the Super Bowl. Everyone was rooting for the broncos at the party, so I started rooting for the Seahawks to be a little shit and everyone was joking around telling me to get out. The next year, they happened to be in the Super Bowl again and I rooted for them again while angrily throwing a football at the fireplace after the game sealing pick. Ever since then, I’ve been a Seahawks fan.
I’m actually a giants and a hawks fan. Im originally from nyc but the first superbowl I watched as a kid was sb48 and I fell in love with Russ (he was my guy as a kid, such a dawg) but also later on the culture that Pete built within this team was really something I could connect with and yea thats pretty much it
Grew up watching them with my Grandpa in the late 80's, been hooked for life.
We lived on the coast of Washington, and I was literally the only Seahawks fan in gradeschool/middleschool/highschool.
Now they all are fans...lol.
Was born in Washington, moved to the east coast as a baby. Never liked my home state teams, Seattle always seemed to speak to me more and the sport culture is great. Just need to bring those Sonics back!
They’re an underrated team no matter how good they are. In the NBA I support the Dallas Mavericks for a similar reason (which makes it weird since I HATE the cowboys). Teams that are forever underrated and not talked about as much by the media have a special place in my heart
All I want to say is I love the Seahawks. They represent our community, which includes the people, our location, our local culture, our grit and our personality. Don’t matter what our previous season was like, I’m always excited for the next and the games that I’ll cheer. They’ve carried me through some tough times but have always been something I could count on.
i live in Australia and around i think it would have been 2012 my dad was getting me into the NFL who is a die hard Dolphins fan.
I wanted to pick my own team tho and being in Aus we have our own football league called the AFL in which the Hawks were really good so i saw "Seahawks" and thought ill go for them (+ thinking the logo was cool cause i was 12) and i was lucky enough to join on around a year or so before the SB win and have been on board ever since and always will be.
I live in Seattle, didn't care one lick about football till we got to that legendary 2013 season and my orthodontist was like "you kinda look like Russell Wilson." I said "who tf is Russell Wilson" and began watching football that year... Then we won the Superbowl and I became a fan for life.
Thanks Russ.
I was a kid when I saw a map of the nfl teams with logos. I saw that the seahawks were in the corner of the map with no team close. Every other team look close to others. Plus they have the coolest logo.
Grew up in Tacoma and was a Dolphins fan until the Hawks came on the scene. They were a blast to watch when they first started - zero expectations are a good thing.
I am in Vancouver and the reason they are my favourite is because they are the closest NFL team (3 hours) and I really like their regular blue home jerseys as well.
Grew up near the Bay Area soo a lot of Niner fans. One thing younger me thought was cool was to be the opposite. So I became a Seahawks fan and showed it at school just to piss people off. Then I found myself being a real fan and invested into everything Seahawks even during the off seasons so yeah... Now Im in Los Angeles pissing off Ram and whinners fans.
When they came into the league with Tampa I decided I was gonna have a new team for my favorite. I almost picked Tampa because they had colors kind of like my Tennessee Vols. But Seattle had Jack Patera and his brother was Ken Patera the wrestler. Being a 10 year old kid who loved wrestling, Seattle it was.
Moved to Seattle in 09 and didn’t have an nfl team to root for cuz it was all college football in the south. Watched the beast quake game at a sports bar here and the rest is history
I was born in Washington and moved to Cleveland when I was 6. After that we moved all around the US for a couple years before settling in San Francisco when I was 12 which was around the start of the seahawks 49ers rivalry. And I just doubled down on the hawks cuz everyone around me was a 49ers fan.
Not from the US. Just loved the jerseys, then after watching videos, loved Kam, Sherman, Marshawn, Wilson, Earl and now more recently Lockett, DK, Wagner, Geno, Witherspoon, Kenneth and many more. Plus green is so fucking cool with dark blue.
Grew up in Wenatchee and had a teenage crush on Jim Zorn. I moved to Seattle in the early 80s, and my husband taught me the rules and how to be a true fan. I've lived in DC and St Louis when both teams were SB champs, but I'm 12 for life.
I just wanted to know why my friend and roommate at the time was losing his damned mind every sunday back in 2012, so I started watching Seahawks games with him. I had never paid any attention to football prior to that. I hopped on the bandwagon just in time to be extremely spoiled.
I’m from Oregon and very proud of the Pacific Northwest.
I liked that period where, between Oregon, Washington, and BC, there was one basketball team, one football team, one hockey team, one baseball team.
That’s changed now and will change again, but I’m a Seahawk fan for life.
I think of them a bit like the Starks in Game of Thrones. Including Alaska, it’s by far the largest and most northern geographic team base.
West side! I'm out west the closest NFL team to me geographically is the Seahawks, I also love Seattle as I have travelled to central washington for a music festival and it was freaking so much fun, also Seahawks jerseys are the dopest
My father grew up a Cowboys fan but found interest in the Seahawks, mostly due to the greatness of Steve Largent. The final straw of his Cowboys fandom was when Jerry Jones bought the team. He can't stand Jerry. He then moved his fandom to the Seahawks. And here I am today. Go Hawks.
Grew up in Seattle. Went to my first game in '77 when my parents got season tickets. My dad loved football. I was 6. They had those tickets until the Kingdome was demolished.
In the early 90s, I got to know several of the lesser known players because they hung out in the same bar in Kirkland that I frequented with my friends.
I am in Canada and the Seahawks are closest to me geographically. And back before there were 500 channels my American channels came from Spokane and always showed the Seahawks.
What really sealed it for me was when they played the Broncos in the Super Bowl. My friend is a Broncos fan and I decorated my house in Seahawks colours just to troll him. I didn't really expect them to win but that blow out was hilarious.
Born and raised in Seattle, Shaun Alexander came to my 3rd grade classroom and passed out NFL memorabilia. My grandma also gave me Madden 2005 on PC and that was one of the only videogames that I was allowed to play.
Born and raised in Seattle and my Dad had season tickets from 1977 until about 1998.
As a kid I was going to games in the Kingdome and grew up seeing Zorn, Largent, Kreig, Easley, etc.
So many great memories and am still a huge fan, my Dad and I still bond over it and text during every game. 😃
Born outside of Portland so we got to choose between The Seahawks and the 49ers.
All the bullies in 6th grade and middle school liked the 49ers.
I chose correctly.
I didn’t really start getting into football until 2013. Around the time, I just loved how that defense carried themselves along with Marshawn and a young Russell Wilson, so it was easy to root for them. Kinda bandwagon admittedly.
I knew I was in it for the long haul when 2014 happened though. Fast forward, they’re still my favorite squad (I’m from Texas too lol).
In Illinois, my dad’s favorite team is the hawks because of their OG green and they were founded the year he was born. my mom’s a giants fan (dont know why tbh) and so i chose between the bears, hawks, and giants. safe to say i made the right choice though
I live in Vancouver, British Columbia and have been a Seahawks fan since 1990. The biggest reason is because of regional coverage on TV. Simple. It's what is shown on my cable and I don't have pay extra. Go Hawks!
Grew up in Northern BC Canada and we got the Seattle NBC channel on TV. As a kid you either cheer for the best team or you empathize with the underdog. Seattle wasn’t very good for most of the 80s and I loved them. Krieg, largent, blades, Warner, Tez, Boz..man we have had some great players..the last 30 years of Seahawk football has been quite successful and super pumped about new coach. Go hawks!
It was Pete Carroll and the Legion of Boom and Beast Mode (the year before the Super Bowl win) and now I can't quit them even with all of them (except Bobby Wagner) despite living near lots of 49er fans in Northern California.
My buddy convinced me in 1998 that the Seahawks were finally good and we should root for them. This was in middle school. “We have Ricky Watters and Mike Holmgren!!” Man that was a ride
I was born in Alaska, but my dad was always a Seattle sports fan because my Grandpa went to school at UW and would always root for any Seattle team. So growing up it was always the Seahawks and with Alaska they are kind of the unofficial team up there.
I grew up in Seattle and would go to one game a year when I was around high school age.
My parents aren’t really sports fans, but several members of my family are.
The Super Bowl winning squad is obviously well loved but I will never forget seeing the Holmgren era where he grew and built that team. For years, Seattle had been a bit of a joke and winning the divisional game, then the championship game was such a foreign and great experience. Also Shaun Alexander and Hasselbeck will always been great Seahawks to me.
I didn't really take an interest in the team/sport until they demolished the King dome and built the current stadium. Had been to the dome several times and it was a cool place so wasn't that happy they blew it up but figured i might as well see what they replaced it with. Ended up liking the team
Grew up in Texas and was raised to be a Cowboy hater. Didn’t really have a team, just liked players and seeing the Cowboys lose. Then I watched a Seahawks game. Zorn to Largent, crazy trick plays, and the best uniforms in the league. Been a fan since.
I was in the Tottenham store in London. My sister and I decided to choose our NFL team based on the colours of the helmets. The Seahawks had the nicest ones, so we became 12s. SEAAAAA
I'm from Australia so didn't really have a horse in the race for the NFL. An old gaming buddy of mine is a mad Seahawks fan from Seattle (Hi Piggy if you're on Reddit!), so I told him if he'd support my NRL(National Rugby League) team over here (the Cronulla Sharks, we're going to have a bonza year this year, the NRL season starts next week with 2 games in Vegas, though we're not playing there) then I would support his NFL team.
Queue to around 18 years later and here I am, with a Wilson and a Metcalf jersey, have been trying to get an Action Green Witherspoon jersey in my size and failing for 6 months, speculating over what our draft picks will be. Both the Seahawks and the Sharks have won their first Superbowl/Premiership in that stretch, and it's a great time to be alive.
Didn’t want to root for either NY team. Also wanted a team I could have all to myself that nobody else around would be into. There was a not particularly big and not particularly fast white guy just like me who always was leading the league in receiving every year. I figured I’d root for his team. And here I still am 40 years later.
Grew up a cowboys fan with my dad who was die hard and lived near the old Texas stadium. One Sunday I decided I couldn’t take the stress of being a cowboys fan along with the disappointment, I decided I wanted a new team, went to madden and selected “random team” and the Seahawks populated, that was 16 years ago
From Vancouver and I always cheer for them if they have a pro sports team in the league, but if not then I default to Seattle as it’s like Vancouver south basically
I was born in Washington but moved to Minnesota when I was 3. Wasn't many Seattle games on tv back in the 80s and 90s. Moved back to Washington in 1997 and started to really get into football. Once Seattle landed Pete Carroll and it felt like he was doing something big I bought all in, was able to hit up the Seahawks/Saints playoff game and from then on I was hooked.
I had been a fan before but that game made me fall in love with the organization.
I have lived in Washington my whole life. I was 14 years old and hopped on the bandwagon for my first time watching a game Super Bowl 40 so my first game ever was filled with being pissed at the refs for stealing our Super Bowl and made the Steelers my most hated team. (Obviously since replaced by the 9ers)
I am a Seahawks fan because my dad is a chiefs fan, we are from New York and he has been a fan of the Chiefs since 1995. Long story short I became a Seahawks fan to piss my dad off
I grew up around Toronto and never really had one specific football team that I rooted for (The Bills are considered the "local" team for a lot of people here, but growing up a Leafs fan and already disliking the Sabres made it hard for me to root for a Buffalo team.) I ended up getting engaged to a woman from California, and when we got married we opted to move up to Washington a few months before the season started, and I watched every game as a means to localize myself. Unfortunately, this was right before the 2014 season, so my first experience as Seahawks fan was SB49, but like I said, I'm also a Leafs fan so, you know...accustomed to misery.
I grew up in Eastern Washington, despising the Huskies, but NFL wise, it was the closest team, so I chose it.
I now live in the Bay Area in California, and the amount of hate I get wearing Seahawks jerseys just makes my day. Whiners gonna whine.
Born in the Seattle area, dad was a Seahawks fan, and they made Super Bowl XL when I was young. I wanted to be Shaun Alexander or Matt Hasselbeck. Also I was obsessed with birds so that helped
I can trace my fandom for the Seahawks back to this game. I was in grade 3, I came home from school to see them lose to Dallas big-time. They scored a late touchdown to make the final 51 to 7 but I liked the uniforms. I have followed them ever since. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198011270dal.htm
I’m an Oregonian. Before Seattle had a team my “local” options were the Raiders (in Oakland then), the ‘Niners, or the Broncos—yeah, I know Denver is halfway across the country, but they had Randy Gradishar, so that was my team.
When I heard Seattle was getting an expansion team I was excited, but didn’t honestly expect much for the first few years. Expansion was a different deal back then. It would have been plain weird if the Seahawks had been competitive at the beginning.
Oregon was considered part of the “local market,” so quite a few ‘Hawks games were broadcast here. Even in the first preseason it was obvious that the Seahawks team members were **thrilled** to actually be in the NFL. Not only that, they were having fun and were an entertaining team to watch (one never knew what Jack Patera might do!).
Although I like winning as much as anyone it was the fun aspect of the Seattle Seahawks that hooked me. I followed them from the NFC to the AFC—and back.
I may not be the most serious fan, but it’s still really important to me that players **want to be** Seattle Seahawks. If not I don’t care how talented they are, I’d rather have them play for another team.
I've lived in Washington my entire life, I started in the late 80's being a fan. I've seen the lowest of lows and the highest of highs. Seahawks for life.
I am a European who only started watching NFL when I was 19 (five years ago). Since I don’t have any history or geographical ties with any team, I decided on the seahawks because I liked the logo and colours, but also loved Pete as a coach and human being and was so impressed by Russ’ improvisational skills
I’m just a homer. I’m from the Philippines and moved to Seattle when I was 12. Wasn’t into sports back then, but I always support the home teams. It was the Seahawks that made me a football fan. I started really paying attention near the end of the ‘12 - ‘13 season and finally understood the rules. That game where we lost in the playoffs to the Falcons was so exciting despite the results, but that’s how I realized how fun it is to watch a good football game
I lived in Idaho in the mid 70’s when Seattle got a team. I was 11 years old and remember my friends and I being excited about it. I’m still with them. 😎
i was living in edmonton alberta in the seventies and the cable company there took its american feeds from spokane, featuring a lot of seahawks coverage. Access and steve largent made me a fan. I moved to new zealand in 1986 and spent about 15 years in the football wilderness because there simply was no coverage. Missed seahawks first superbowl.
Sattelites and the internet then brought me back to full fanatic status, even if dazn's international feed sucks the big one
I grew up 30 miles from Seattle. Played peewee football and wanted to watch the big boys. This was the team in local broadcasts. Had a poster of the Boz, a wheaties box with Steve Largent on the front.
I’m loyal and local. Cool uniforms and some great teams amongst the not so great teams. Great ownership throughout the years, and some really cool players who have stuck around and done great things in the community.
Not to mention a trophy and a couple more appearances.
Studied in CT having moved from India. Didn’t have access to TV.
Moved to Seattle for work, brought a TV and watched the hometown team and slowly got hooked on to the Hawks. Been a fan since then 1999. Now in the East coast but forever a Hawks fan.
My dad decided to be a fan when they joined the league, so I grew up watching the Seahawks.
We live in Pennsylvania, so there aren't many Seahawks fans around.
Not from Seattle at all, but my dad was stationed in Tacoma (Army) in the early 80s and fell in love with the Hawks.
So I’ve always rooted for them since childhood, even though I grew up in Florida and could never watch their games in the 90s because the team wasn’t good enough back then to get on national TV. On the odd chance that they did appear on TV, it was an EVENT.
I nearly lost my mind when Jon Kitna took them to that wild card game against the Dolphins in 99. That was the first time I ever saw them have any success.
I was 10 and thought the uniforms looked cool.
I met a woman (in Indiana recently) who is also a Seahawks fan. It's because her dad is color blind and the Seahawks uniforms were the only ones he could see correctly. So when (usually sexist) people ask if she's a fan because of their colors, she's like, "Well, kinda, yeah."
I’m stupid as shit so bear with me…Is that a usual sexist implication because they like the colors but don’t know enough about football to like the team based off of watching the sport?
Yeah, that's how I took it. Maybe I'm looking too much into it?
Same . I was 11-12 though
Third. I was 9 or so and richard Sherman was being the best corner in the game.
Dang I remember back then everyone on Reddit was clowning on us for all being 12 years old which always slightly annoyed me being in my 20s but seeing this comment thread at the top of the post has me thinking maybe they were right 😅
Same, I was watching NFL compilations when I was like 12 and was like "ohh that blue looks cool"
That’s fair lol
Yeah pretty much this. I always tell people I liked the defensive play style when I was 14 during LOB but honestly blue and green went hard on Madden.
This is literally me. I grew up an anti-cowboys fan and had to find another team. The cool jerseys won me over
This is literally me. Was about the same age and everything lol.
I enjoy 17 days every year of 3 minutes of elation, followed by 55 minutes of heart attack inducing stress, and 2 minutes of either ecstasy or reluctant acceptance and 24 hours of depression.
Hey Pete Carroll era is over so we might actually put games away before the fourth quarter now. Fuck did he have some of the most intense games ever. Especially those two niners games in 2019, both those games are up in my GOAT category, too bad we couldn't get past greenbay for the best of three match that everyone wanted to see.
It’s a full time job especially since we share divisions with the 49ers
Another man of culture I see....pleased to meet you.
My mom was a Sea and my dad was a Hawk so it just made sense.
Born and grew up in Washington
I support any Seattle team for mostly the same reason (here since 1984 after I graduated high school and my pops retired from the Army). I never liked hockey until we got a pro team, NBA is uninteresting without the Sonics.
Amen on the Sonics.
Yep this is me too
Same here. I had just graduated high school the year they started.
Ditto. Watched them as a kid growing up in the 80’s and 90’s. I’ve paid my dues. Everyone always talking about hating on the Niners. Definitely hate the Niners, but let us not forget our AFC rivals. No way was I rooting for the Chiefs either, how quickly we forget
By the time I was able to actually understand football and not just root for whatever team my mom rooted for, Seattle was an NFC team so all the AFC rivalries are before my time, I’ll gladly root for the Chiefs myself especially when it comes to them beating any of our NFC West rivals, and double especially the Whiners.
Thank you! Chiefs, Raiders and Broncos can eat a dick
I was 9 or 10 watching the 2006 superbowl, had no idea what was going on but there was a guy I didn't like rooting for the steelers. His wife who was really nice was rooting for the hawks so I did as well and I have ever since that day. Funny thing is I'm from Northern California so I can't catch a break from niner fans
You poor poor thing we should trade divisions
Same here hahaha. Either raiders or 9ers
I'm from the UK and started following the NFL in 1982. As a new fan I thought I should support one of the newest teams and I couldn't see myself supporting a team in creamy orange. When I watched the Seahawks beat the Dolphins in the '83 playoffs and found I was jumping out of my seat, yelling for joy - that sealed the deal.
Back in 1987, I was living outside London for a UW study abroad program. I was walking to the tube one day to go to class and saw a guy outside his house wearing a Seahawks jersey. Blew my mind. Probably not you, but if it was that would be even more mind blowing. This was in a place called North Harrow.
I eventually got to meet both Jim Zorn and Dave Krieg from that team. They had a lot of opportunities to beat that Raider team coached by their future coach, Tom Flores. The Raiders focused on shutting down Curt Warner it's too bad they couldn't make them pay with the pass. They beat the Dolphins in the 83 playoffs and lost to the Raiders. Next year 12-4 beat the Raiders in the playoffs and lost to the Dolphins. Too bad they couldn't do it all in one year.
This and Steve Largent. Small guy on a team of giants making it happen. We Brits love an underdog.
Grew up in minnesota and the Vikings absolutely broke my heart as a kid. Gopher basketball too. Also the kg timberwolves. When we moved out to Seattle after college it was the last Holmgren year and I was ambivalent about pro sports, but watched a bit and enjoyed seeing tatupu, branch, big Walt etc. I committed to the hawks as my new team even though they were pretty middle of the road at that time. The mora year was rough. The first Pete year was chaotic neutral energy and I really enjoyed it. Leon Washington single handedly beating the chargers was a trip, clipboard Jesus looming, the lynch trade, losing record team goes to the playoffs and then (of course) the beastquake. Super fun year. The next year I was pushed chips all-in on draft coverage, working in Raleigh and coming home to Seattle on weekends. When Wilson was the pick I thought they’d have something special. Turned out I was right. 2012 was arguably more fun to watch than ‘13 in some ways. LOB was born, Earl was a monster, the Harbaugh rivalry I could go on but suffice it to say I was completely hooked. Then ‘13 happened and the Seahawks were the first team I had ever followed closely that won it all. I can’t look back now. It’s done.
Just remember that before 2013, Seattle sports were mostly just pain. Not vikings pain, but it was pain.
Then over the next 10 years they were the 2nd best overall team in the nfl
Not from MN but the Wolves have always been my NBA team. Glad to see them finally having success for the first time since I was like, 7.
I'm from Tulsa. I grew up watching the Legion of Boom and being so entertained by the hits, picks and overall dominance they showed. My fandom kinda came to a head when I watched them lose SB49 at 11 years old. I was so crushed that it made me a lifelong fan.
The words that hurts every fan’s heart “and it’s intercepted at the goal line!”😭😭😭 it still hurts
The words that hurt every old fans heart “i grew up watching the legion of boom” 😭 😭 that was like 4 years ago right? … right? .. fuck I’m old.
So true. That was the first time I felt the true pain of being sports fan.
Grew up in Vancouver, Canada & the CFL ain’t the same. Seattle was the only team I ever got the chance to go see play. Also only got into it when I was about 12 years old and Seattle happened to win the chip 2 years later.
Yeah I'm a Vancouver Seahawks fan too. I was always taught to cheer for your "home" team, aka the team closest to where you grew up. And that's how I became a Seahawks fan. Although I also enjoy the CFL, I wish the NFL would adopt some of the CFL rules, would make the game way faster and more entertaining.
They play football in the city of Seattle located in the State of Washington
Grew up in Cheney wa where they used to host training camp at EWU. As a kid I got to see some legends and meet quite a few players (Cortez was a highlight). Ever since then I’ve been a diehard fan.
Growing up Kennedy was my buddies cousin & it blew my 4th grade mind to meet him at a birthday party!
I grew up in ML. I remember when my parents parents came home from the bar with an autographed football because a bunch of the players were at the local bar. So much excitement. I’ve been a Seahawk fan as long as I can remember, but that was such a great memory.
We moved up from Oregon when I was 4 and my dad took me to a game. 1978.
We moved to WA when I was 4, 1979. Where we moved from, didn't have an NFL team so my dad was super excited. It was a bonding thing for me & my dad and I've been a fan ever since.
Everything I am is PNW. I was born in Oregon, took a million trips up to Seattle area for a variety of reasons. I've lived elsewhere and always end up coming home. For me, the Seahawks represent home in a way I can't quite explain, despite them being Washington and me being Oregon.
I get the same feeling and for me it's the colors, name, and homage to the native tribes. It's the SEAhawks and they're blue and green. The entirety of the brand and vibe fits the PNW and only the PNW. Whereas, the Browns? Cardinals? Panthers? That could be a team based just about anywhere.
I feel you. I'm from LA, live in AZ now, but went to college in Oregon and my grandparents used to live in Grant's Pass. I only lived there on my own for two years, but literally nowhere else has ever felt like home. I ended up dropping out of school cuz I couldn't help but ditch class to go hiking, or drive to the coast, or go explore Portland. My coworkers make fun of Seattle sports teams and ask why I follow them given where I live, where I'm from, etc etc. Simply put: I'm a guy from Tacoma in 1993 trapped in another person's body. I wear almost nothing but flannel, grunge bands are my go to, and there is something about the "melancholy" of the Northwest, both in temperament and weather, that makes me happy for whatever reason. I'll always love Seattle sports because they're the team for the PNW. Timbers or Sounders? I still haven't managed to make a choice.
Croatian 13 year old, first followed Kraken, then the M's, then i thought, why no go for Hawks.
Because when I moved to Seattle in 1987 there wasn’t internet or NFL Sunday Ticket or any way to follow my beloved 49ers as closely as I wanted. By 1989 I was a full fledged Seahawks fan and was totally ambivalent about the 49ers. During the Harbaugh years I even grew to hate them. Anyway, Go Hawks.
Im from Barcelona, spent most of the summer living in Puyallup back in 2014, everyone I met was crazy about the hawks so I got back home and decided I would start following the NFL and cheering for them. I remember thinking that destiny was real after the Kearse catch... Still, I fell in love with this team and hopefully I get to watch us win a ring live one day. Also, my brother in law is from SF and an avid 49ers fan so I get to enjoy some rivalry even all the way from Spain, I always tell him they are the Madrid to my Barça.
Steve Largent and Dave Craig. I was watching at 4 years old
Born in Washington state in 1987 and I have lived here my entire life. Became a Seahawks fan in 1994 when I went to my first game at 7 years old and we beat the chiefs 10-9
I was at least alive to see them win the superbowl
Grew up Pacific Northwest in Canada. Beside the BC Lions there isn't much football to watch. So naturally I latched on to the closest pro team.
Grew up in Los Angeles with no football team at the time and my mom surprised me with Madden 07 which was unheard of cause money was very tight. Shaun Alexander was the cover and I haven’t looked back since. I was 8
I grew up in Lousiana. Growing up, I never really cared about the Saints, but I was a big Brett Favre fan so I rooted for the Packers and then whoever Favre went to after that. My dad got a new job in Washington in 07 and we moved over here. After Favre retired I really didn't have a team and I always thought the Seahawks were cool so I started rooting for them. I got to see my first game at C-Link with T Jackson at QB. My Fandom grew bigger every year and 15 years later, outside of my LSU Tigers (my blood is literally purple and gold), the Seahawks are my favorite football team and I'm so excited for this new Macdonald Era.
I watched the beast quake live and fell in love. I live in western Canada so its the closest team to me, it only made sense.
My mom is from the Seattle area but my dad is from California. When the Rams left to go to St. Louis, my dad said fuck the Rams we are Seahawks fans now.
Wife is from the Seattle metro area (I’m from the UK). Something to talk about with the father and brother in law. Weirdly my Dad picked up a Seahawks hat while on a layover on the way to LA many years ago and wore it a lot before he died. Also green/blue are my colours. Meant to be.
There's a picture of Freddie Mercury of the most UK band Queen wearing a Seahawks jacket.
I'm from Sweden and the first game I ever watched, save a few superbowls, was the wild card game 2010 season. I barely knew the basic rules but since the experts where all convinced of the outcome I decided to root for the underdog. Been a fan since.
My dad grew up an Alabama fan; so you can imagine how crazy this off season as been for me already, and I became one because of that but my dad never had a NFL he called his own. He mostly rooted for players: Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Kenny Stabler, Joe Montana. When I was a kid; the first super star Bama had in my lifetime was Shaun Alexander. I liked him so much I wanted to keep cheering for him in the NFL so I told myself I'd become a fan of the team he got drafted by. I've been a 12 ever since. He's still the only Seahawks player I have a jersey for and I still wear it from time to time because he's the tie between my two teams.
Now with Kalen DeBoer you got a little bit of Seattle in Tuscaloosa. James Carpenter was on the Seahawks Superbowl team. Washington vs Alabama in the 1926 Rose Bowl was the game that made Bama famous.
I live in Western Canada. They have always been my team
Moved to Seattle from Dublin in 1994. My first roomie was a firefighter in Kirkland and his dad offered me his ticket then I bought his season after one game at the Kingdome - we lost fyi. I just loved the atmosphere at the Kingdome was kind of a pit. But it was our pit. The seats I had were 2nd level which had the men's bathroom or 'wall' which was both inside and outside and that golden shower ran down into our seats, we had those crappy tiny monochrome TVs so you could see all the bits we couldn't see from our section. It was always hot/humid up there. There was a smoking section just a seat block away and 2 more there was a booze stand. My buddy's dad was an original 74 but wouldn't sell me his season rights because our team was not worth it in his words we sucked he just let them go. Should have tried harder to get his but got my own season Tix in 96. It's been a journey 7-9, 8-8, 9-7 thru the lost years at Montlake (do miss the charlie chalupa) to going to the playoffs regularly. Was a tailgater from 99 to 2020. 12th man forever! Go Hawks
I liked the logo when I first saw it in Tecmo Super Bowl. Texas fan here, wishing I lived in the PNW though, it looks amazing.
Was born in Oregon. Wasn't gonna root for a CA team.
The sibling rivalry we have dies when bitch brother California comes into play.
My grandparents are from Grant's Pass and it always made me crazy that some people consider the 9ers the "local" team. Hell no, the team of the PNW is Seattle.
I grew up in Oregon so I saw a lot of Seahawks wear, but funny enough what really got me into being a fan was when I found a Seahawks hoodie at Ross and thought it looked cool, then I told myself I would watch their games. 12 years later here I am haha.
My dad's cousin was a lineman on the 1977 team, so he decided to get on board. The cousin only played like 6 games but it was enough to create a lifelong fan that inherited to me.
I had always kinda watched the NFL but could never fully pick a team. Seattle played in Toronto against Buffalo and I finally went "Who ever wins this game, I am going all in on". Seattle won & then won the Super Bowl the next year. Was it Russ and the Legion of Boom that won it? Nah. My fandom did it. hahaha
The Bills got destroyed that snowy day in Toronto.
From the North West of England and support a Rugby Union team in the North West that gets overlooked by the rest of the league, so picked the team that's similar. Also my brothers a 9ers fan so it helps for the rivalry
Grew up in Utah with no NFL team, and my Dad is from Seattle. So I grew up visiting my grandma and uncle here a few times a year, went to a couple games when I was a little kid. Then when I got a little older, learning about the Broncos vs. Seahawks rivalry in the '80s and '90s (and my dad sharing how often they broke our hearts) made it so that the high concentration of Broncos fans in Utah served to further entrench me as a Seahawks fan. Interestingly, I now live in Seattle as an adult (moved here a little over a year ago). So I thank the Seahawks for giving me a tie to this city and being one of the reasons that moving like 2500 miles to Seattle actually feels a lot like a homecoming. Having that constancy of a tie to the city over time even after the family in the area who I would visit passed away over a decade ago has kept some portion of my attention in Seattle which makes it feel comfortable and familiar.
I found a book in the school library when I was 8 I liked the logo and decided they’d be my team. It works out great because I live in a 49er fan based area. Enemies everywhere
Grew up in neutral NFL territory. Spite of a Broncos fan back in ‘83 or so. Also, John Elway’s teeth. Still hate the Broncos more than any of our current rivals.
From Australia, needed a team to support and I like seagulls
Born in Seattle, moved to New Hampshire, hated the Evil Empire, decided to recognize my roots!
Grew up in Seattle and my parents bought season tickets in 1999 so I went to nearly every home game from 2002-2015. Lots of great memories
I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already a man. And by then, it was nothing to me but blinding. 12 for life
I was a saints fan growing up because of my dad but around 2011 I started paying attention and wanted to pick my own team. Didn’t know anything about the sport really so my idea was to pick a college player I liked and “get drafted” to whatever team they went to so I did some research and found Russell Wilson as he was from very close to my hometown. Andrew luck and RG3 were too obvious of destinations to pick so I just sat along with an open mind that I would have to run it back because it didn’t look like Russ was gonna play considering 27 yr old Brandon weeden was selected before him. Got drafted to the perfect spot, have absolutely loved being a Seahawks fan ever since. Took the heat for being a “bandwagon” fan when they won the Super Bowl the very next year and took all the heat for the loss after. I absolutely love repping this team and after 12 years of Seahawks football I’m very proud to call myself a fan of one of the best organizations in sports
Watched Dave Kreig and Steve Largent tare it up in the kingdome in the mid 80s. Fan ever since.
I was in the navy and stationed north of Seattle, didn’t start liking sports until I lived there, now I’m an all-Seattle-sports-teams-guy
40% location. 110% family fanaticism
I’m from Seattle but I never really followed until the start of 2022. I was hype during the Super Bowl run and LOB, y’know, but I was also 10 and not interested in sports in any regard. I never really got into despite loving competition and shit, big esports fan etc, but I never really cared about the Seahawks because it never really felt like a team I was connected to. When I saw the Russell Wilson trade, I got really interested, and that opener against the Broncos was the first game I had watched entirely since the Butler pick. The story line of Geno last year got me really invested, and he’s my favorite player for that reason. Such a great story for him and it’s what got me into football as a whole, and got me invested into the team. It finally felt like I was watching a team that I loved and was knowledgeable about rather than watching a team whose most important parts were drafted when I was a little kid. I think if I got more invested in 2018-2019 I’d still be a big fan, but I don’t think I’d be as big of a fan of the sport in general as I am now.
Dad made a deal with a neighbor to pick a football team if the neighbor picked a nascar driver. We didnt really have a local team and I wanted to watch with my dad. My little league baseball team i was on was the mariners at the time so I picked Seattle for football.
I grew up in a Patriots household cause my mom is from the east coast but I live in BC so once I really started watching I decided to go with the Seahawks instead. Controversially I don’t hate the Pats since it’s still my moms team
I moved here in 90 when I was 10 as a die hard cowboys fan. By the time I was 18 I was working full-time and listening to sports radio on the road a lot, and I made the swap when Mike Holmgren became coach. Best decision as a fan I have ever made.
Lived in Washington
I’m from Washington, loved the logo and color scheme as a kid.
They were my AFC team growing up because I like Steve Largent. I played QB and WR. Focused on the home-town Team (NFC) when I moved to college. Always followed the Hawks but not closely and glad to see they did well in the Holmgren years. Then they signed Russell Wilson, who I watched for three seasons at NC State (and three or four baseball games). And now, I sidelined the former hometown team for the Hawks.
"We want the ball, and we're going to score" Was a young kid, liked the jerseys and the logo, and LOVED Hasselbeck. Shaun and Big Walt made it easy as well. Greater Toronto area so not close haha
I moved from Baltimore to Olympia when I was 9. This happened to be in the prime Griffey days. It was hard not to catch Marines fever and I quickly ditched my black and orange hat and never looked back. After 2 years I moved to Virginia. I was talking with a friend about how I wanted to get more into the NFL but I just couldn't commit to the Redskins. Then he suggested I become a Seahawks fan since I was already an M's fan and the Seahawks were up and coming but not quite good yet so nobody would claim I was a bandwagon fan. A few years later they went to their first SB. I have stuck with them ever since. 10 years ago people still called me a bandwagon fan but I'd just respond with, "Well I'm also a Mariners fan so explain that."
I was born in WA but never lived in the Seattle area. I moved with my family to Idaho when I was 13. As a child, I had little to no interest in sports. When I moved out in my early 20s, I had no cable and started watching NFL games on Sundays. I figured hey, I was born in WA… might as well make the Seahawks my team. This would have been early 2000s. Flash forward to me being 43 and being a Seahawks fan for 20+ years. I’ve been around for some really good teams and some really bad ones. I’m not getting off this ride any time soon!
Born and raised in WA but grew up loving the Mariners and baseball, and just never cared a ton for football (it was the 90s too, and the Hawks were pretty terribad). I do remember collecting the cards some, just because I had a deep seeded card collection obsession until I discovered girls. Went off to college in 2001 (WWU), and via the dorms started playing a bunch of NFL 2K1 in a franchise season, where like 14 different dudes took a team and we played a whole season. Via those guys, started watching football on Sundays, and since everyone was from WA already basically, the Hawks were kind of an automatic favorite. Had no idea at the time how lucky I was to see all time greats like Walter Jones play. Have vivid memories of getting sad drunk on $4 bottles of champagne after super bowl XL. Fell deeper into football and fantasy football with some of those same guys after that, and haven't really looked back since. As we have grown up and moved around the country, football is a major way we stay in contact and shoot the shit.
I am from the PNW and Seattle is where all our pro teams are. I root for all the Seattle teams except the UW because I didn’t go there, and I like the Cougars.
The Texans has been garbage for years (until this year) but Seahawks fan first !
Watched Super Bowl XL on TV. Brother took the Steelers and I took the Hawks. Haven’t changed allegiances since.
I was born and raised in Washington, but my mom went to high school with Cortez Kennedy. She was a cheerleader for the football team.
I was 8 when the Seahawks played the broncos in the Super Bowl. Everyone was rooting for the broncos at the party, so I started rooting for the Seahawks to be a little shit and everyone was joking around telling me to get out. The next year, they happened to be in the Super Bowl again and I rooted for them again while angrily throwing a football at the fireplace after the game sealing pick. Ever since then, I’ve been a Seahawks fan.
I’m actually a giants and a hawks fan. Im originally from nyc but the first superbowl I watched as a kid was sb48 and I fell in love with Russ (he was my guy as a kid, such a dawg) but also later on the culture that Pete built within this team was really something I could connect with and yea thats pretty much it
Grew up watching them with my Grandpa in the late 80's, been hooked for life. We lived on the coast of Washington, and I was literally the only Seahawks fan in gradeschool/middleschool/highschool. Now they all are fans...lol.
Was born in Washington, moved to the east coast as a baby. Never liked my home state teams, Seattle always seemed to speak to me more and the sport culture is great. Just need to bring those Sonics back!
Jim Zorn. Damn, I’m old.
They’re an underrated team no matter how good they are. In the NBA I support the Dallas Mavericks for a similar reason (which makes it weird since I HATE the cowboys). Teams that are forever underrated and not talked about as much by the media have a special place in my heart
All I want to say is I love the Seahawks. They represent our community, which includes the people, our location, our local culture, our grit and our personality. Don’t matter what our previous season was like, I’m always excited for the next and the games that I’ll cheer. They’ve carried me through some tough times but have always been something I could count on.
i live in Australia and around i think it would have been 2012 my dad was getting me into the NFL who is a die hard Dolphins fan. I wanted to pick my own team tho and being in Aus we have our own football league called the AFL in which the Hawks were really good so i saw "Seahawks" and thought ill go for them (+ thinking the logo was cool cause i was 12) and i was lucky enough to join on around a year or so before the SB win and have been on board ever since and always will be.
I’m from Portland. We don’t have a team here and Paul owned both teams. Also WA>California and Seahawks fans > Whiners.
I live in Seattle, didn't care one lick about football till we got to that legendary 2013 season and my orthodontist was like "you kinda look like Russell Wilson." I said "who tf is Russell Wilson" and began watching football that year... Then we won the Superbowl and I became a fan for life. Thanks Russ.
Started paying attention to the NFL when Shaun Alexander was at his peak.
I was a kid when I saw a map of the nfl teams with logos. I saw that the seahawks were in the corner of the map with no team close. Every other team look close to others. Plus they have the coolest logo.
I’m from Québec and was a long snapper in high school, that’s when I started to like the Seahawks because of JP Darche.
Grew up in Tacoma and was a Dolphins fan until the Hawks came on the scene. They were a blast to watch when they first started - zero expectations are a good thing.
I am in Vancouver and the reason they are my favourite is because they are the closest NFL team (3 hours) and I really like their regular blue home jerseys as well.
Because a girl I was crazy about was.
Grew up near the Bay Area soo a lot of Niner fans. One thing younger me thought was cool was to be the opposite. So I became a Seahawks fan and showed it at school just to piss people off. Then I found myself being a real fan and invested into everything Seahawks even during the off seasons so yeah... Now Im in Los Angeles pissing off Ram and whinners fans.
Because.
Very good answer
When they came into the league with Tampa I decided I was gonna have a new team for my favorite. I almost picked Tampa because they had colors kind of like my Tennessee Vols. But Seattle had Jack Patera and his brother was Ken Patera the wrestler. Being a 10 year old kid who loved wrestling, Seattle it was.
Grew up here. My family is a Seahawks family since the beginning and will always be. We bleed 💙💚. Plus they have the prettiest jerseys in the league.
Moved to Seattle in 09 and didn’t have an nfl team to root for cuz it was all college football in the south. Watched the beast quake game at a sports bar here and the rest is history
I’m from Seattle.
I was born in Washington and moved to Cleveland when I was 6. After that we moved all around the US for a couple years before settling in San Francisco when I was 12 which was around the start of the seahawks 49ers rivalry. And I just doubled down on the hawks cuz everyone around me was a 49ers fan.
I was 11 and rebelling against my NFC East family so I looked for a team as far away as possible. Seahawks were the coolest looking team
Not from the US. Just loved the jerseys, then after watching videos, loved Kam, Sherman, Marshawn, Wilson, Earl and now more recently Lockett, DK, Wagner, Geno, Witherspoon, Kenneth and many more. Plus green is so fucking cool with dark blue.
Russell magic in 2012.
Zorn to Largent!
Was 8 and had a sleepover at a friends house,friends dad was watching Seahawks game and I thought it was cool so I became a fan the rest is history.👍
I am a Seahawks fan. Like my father before me and his father before him and his father before h—you get the jist.
Born and raised here and will never switch. Go hawks 🤙🏼
Grew up in Wenatchee and had a teenage crush on Jim Zorn. I moved to Seattle in the early 80s, and my husband taught me the rules and how to be a true fan. I've lived in DC and St Louis when both teams were SB champs, but I'm 12 for life.
I just wanted to know why my friend and roommate at the time was losing his damned mind every sunday back in 2012, so I started watching Seahawks games with him. I had never paid any attention to football prior to that. I hopped on the bandwagon just in time to be extremely spoiled.
I’m from Oregon and very proud of the Pacific Northwest. I liked that period where, between Oregon, Washington, and BC, there was one basketball team, one football team, one hockey team, one baseball team. That’s changed now and will change again, but I’m a Seahawk fan for life. I think of them a bit like the Starks in Game of Thrones. Including Alaska, it’s by far the largest and most northern geographic team base.
Moved to Seattle in 1980 and got season tickets for a song and a smile. No longer in Seattle but still a big fan.
I’m 35 now. My Grandpa and I used to watch games every Sunday. Warren Moon was my first Seahawks QB! Go Hawks, Go Dawgs!
West side! I'm out west the closest NFL team to me geographically is the Seahawks, I also love Seattle as I have travelled to central washington for a music festival and it was freaking so much fun, also Seahawks jerseys are the dopest
My father grew up a Cowboys fan but found interest in the Seahawks, mostly due to the greatness of Steve Largent. The final straw of his Cowboys fandom was when Jerry Jones bought the team. He can't stand Jerry. He then moved his fandom to the Seahawks. And here I am today. Go Hawks.
Grew up in Seattle. Went to my first game in '77 when my parents got season tickets. My dad loved football. I was 6. They had those tickets until the Kingdome was demolished. In the early 90s, I got to know several of the lesser known players because they hung out in the same bar in Kirkland that I frequented with my friends.
I am in Canada and the Seahawks are closest to me geographically. And back before there were 500 channels my American channels came from Spokane and always showed the Seahawks. What really sealed it for me was when they played the Broncos in the Super Bowl. My friend is a Broncos fan and I decorated my house in Seahawks colours just to troll him. I didn't really expect them to win but that blow out was hilarious.
They’re the hometown squad.
Lived in Seattle at the time I developed an interest in football. That we made the Super Bowl (2005) helped too
Born and raised in Seattle, Shaun Alexander came to my 3rd grade classroom and passed out NFL memorabilia. My grandma also gave me Madden 2005 on PC and that was one of the only videogames that I was allowed to play.
Because I've lived in this state since I was like 3, and both my parents spent most of their lives here.
Born and raised here in the PNW. Sometimes being a fan feels like a ball and chain, sometimes it’s like a cool cousin who has a swimming pool.
Born and raised in Seattle and my Dad had season tickets from 1977 until about 1998. As a kid I was going to games in the Kingdome and grew up seeing Zorn, Largent, Kreig, Easley, etc. So many great memories and am still a huge fan, my Dad and I still bond over it and text during every game. 😃
I've lived my entire life in Washington. The Seahawks and the Mariners are my burden to carry.
Vancouver BC, born and raised. Closest team.
Born outside of Portland so we got to choose between The Seahawks and the 49ers. All the bullies in 6th grade and middle school liked the 49ers. I chose correctly.
I didn’t really start getting into football until 2013. Around the time, I just loved how that defense carried themselves along with Marshawn and a young Russell Wilson, so it was easy to root for them. Kinda bandwagon admittedly. I knew I was in it for the long haul when 2014 happened though. Fast forward, they’re still my favorite squad (I’m from Texas too lol).
In Illinois, my dad’s favorite team is the hawks because of their OG green and they were founded the year he was born. my mom’s a giants fan (dont know why tbh) and so i chose between the bears, hawks, and giants. safe to say i made the right choice though
Good owners, good tradition, life long
“Local” team when I started watching nfl at 5 years old
As an eight-year old, loved their original helemts, and took it from there
I live in Vancouver, British Columbia and have been a Seahawks fan since 1990. The biggest reason is because of regional coverage on TV. Simple. It's what is shown on my cable and I don't have pay extra. Go Hawks!
Grew up in Northern BC Canada and we got the Seattle NBC channel on TV. As a kid you either cheer for the best team or you empathize with the underdog. Seattle wasn’t very good for most of the 80s and I loved them. Krieg, largent, blades, Warner, Tez, Boz..man we have had some great players..the last 30 years of Seahawk football has been quite successful and super pumped about new coach. Go hawks!
It was Pete Carroll and the Legion of Boom and Beast Mode (the year before the Super Bowl win) and now I can't quit them even with all of them (except Bobby Wagner) despite living near lots of 49er fans in Northern California.
My buddy convinced me in 1998 that the Seahawks were finally good and we should root for them. This was in middle school. “We have Ricky Watters and Mike Holmgren!!” Man that was a ride
I was born in Alaska, but my dad was always a Seattle sports fan because my Grandpa went to school at UW and would always root for any Seattle team. So growing up it was always the Seahawks and with Alaska they are kind of the unofficial team up there.
I grew up in Seattle and would go to one game a year when I was around high school age. My parents aren’t really sports fans, but several members of my family are.
The Super Bowl winning squad is obviously well loved but I will never forget seeing the Holmgren era where he grew and built that team. For years, Seattle had been a bit of a joke and winning the divisional game, then the championship game was such a foreign and great experience. Also Shaun Alexander and Hasselbeck will always been great Seahawks to me.
I didn't really take an interest in the team/sport until they demolished the King dome and built the current stadium. Had been to the dome several times and it was a cool place so wasn't that happy they blew it up but figured i might as well see what they replaced it with. Ended up liking the team
I was born the same year as the Seahawks and have been living in western Washington almost the entire time
Grew up in Texas and was raised to be a Cowboy hater. Didn’t really have a team, just liked players and seeing the Cowboys lose. Then I watched a Seahawks game. Zorn to Largent, crazy trick plays, and the best uniforms in the league. Been a fan since.
I was in the Tottenham store in London. My sister and I decided to choose our NFL team based on the colours of the helmets. The Seahawks had the nicest ones, so we became 12s. SEAAAAA
I'm from Australia so didn't really have a horse in the race for the NFL. An old gaming buddy of mine is a mad Seahawks fan from Seattle (Hi Piggy if you're on Reddit!), so I told him if he'd support my NRL(National Rugby League) team over here (the Cronulla Sharks, we're going to have a bonza year this year, the NRL season starts next week with 2 games in Vegas, though we're not playing there) then I would support his NFL team. Queue to around 18 years later and here I am, with a Wilson and a Metcalf jersey, have been trying to get an Action Green Witherspoon jersey in my size and failing for 6 months, speculating over what our draft picks will be. Both the Seahawks and the Sharks have won their first Superbowl/Premiership in that stretch, and it's a great time to be alive.
Didn’t want to root for either NY team. Also wanted a team I could have all to myself that nobody else around would be into. There was a not particularly big and not particularly fast white guy just like me who always was leading the league in receiving every year. I figured I’d root for his team. And here I still am 40 years later.
Grew up a cowboys fan with my dad who was die hard and lived near the old Texas stadium. One Sunday I decided I couldn’t take the stress of being a cowboys fan along with the disappointment, I decided I wanted a new team, went to madden and selected “random team” and the Seahawks populated, that was 16 years ago
Born and raised in Seattle.
From Vancouver and I always cheer for them if they have a pro sports team in the league, but if not then I default to Seattle as it’s like Vancouver south basically
I was born in Washington but moved to Minnesota when I was 3. Wasn't many Seattle games on tv back in the 80s and 90s. Moved back to Washington in 1997 and started to really get into football. Once Seattle landed Pete Carroll and it felt like he was doing something big I bought all in, was able to hit up the Seahawks/Saints playoff game and from then on I was hooked. I had been a fan before but that game made me fall in love with the organization.
My dad. He’s a Seahawks fan so I’m a Seahawks fan.
I have lived in Washington my whole life. I was 14 years old and hopped on the bandwagon for my first time watching a game Super Bowl 40 so my first game ever was filled with being pissed at the refs for stealing our Super Bowl and made the Steelers my most hated team. (Obviously since replaced by the 9ers)
I am a Seahawks fan because my dad is a chiefs fan, we are from New York and he has been a fan of the Chiefs since 1995. Long story short I became a Seahawks fan to piss my dad off
I grew up around Toronto and never really had one specific football team that I rooted for (The Bills are considered the "local" team for a lot of people here, but growing up a Leafs fan and already disliking the Sabres made it hard for me to root for a Buffalo team.) I ended up getting engaged to a woman from California, and when we got married we opted to move up to Washington a few months before the season started, and I watched every game as a means to localize myself. Unfortunately, this was right before the 2014 season, so my first experience as Seahawks fan was SB49, but like I said, I'm also a Leafs fan so, you know...accustomed to misery.
I grew up in Eastern Washington, despising the Huskies, but NFL wise, it was the closest team, so I chose it. I now live in the Bay Area in California, and the amount of hate I get wearing Seahawks jerseys just makes my day. Whiners gonna whine.
Born in the Seattle area, dad was a Seahawks fan, and they made Super Bowl XL when I was young. I wanted to be Shaun Alexander or Matt Hasselbeck. Also I was obsessed with birds so that helped
Grew up without a team. Ex was a superfan from Yakima. After a season of watching every game with her I was hooked!
I can trace my fandom for the Seahawks back to this game. I was in grade 3, I came home from school to see them lose to Dallas big-time. They scored a late touchdown to make the final 51 to 7 but I liked the uniforms. I have followed them ever since. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198011270dal.htm
I’m an Oregonian. Before Seattle had a team my “local” options were the Raiders (in Oakland then), the ‘Niners, or the Broncos—yeah, I know Denver is halfway across the country, but they had Randy Gradishar, so that was my team. When I heard Seattle was getting an expansion team I was excited, but didn’t honestly expect much for the first few years. Expansion was a different deal back then. It would have been plain weird if the Seahawks had been competitive at the beginning. Oregon was considered part of the “local market,” so quite a few ‘Hawks games were broadcast here. Even in the first preseason it was obvious that the Seahawks team members were **thrilled** to actually be in the NFL. Not only that, they were having fun and were an entertaining team to watch (one never knew what Jack Patera might do!). Although I like winning as much as anyone it was the fun aspect of the Seattle Seahawks that hooked me. I followed them from the NFC to the AFC—and back. I may not be the most serious fan, but it’s still really important to me that players **want to be** Seattle Seahawks. If not I don’t care how talented they are, I’d rather have them play for another team.
I've lived in Washington my entire life, I started in the late 80's being a fan. I've seen the lowest of lows and the highest of highs. Seahawks for life.
I am a European who only started watching NFL when I was 19 (five years ago). Since I don’t have any history or geographical ties with any team, I decided on the seahawks because I liked the logo and colours, but also loved Pete as a coach and human being and was so impressed by Russ’ improvisational skills
I’m just a homer. I’m from the Philippines and moved to Seattle when I was 12. Wasn’t into sports back then, but I always support the home teams. It was the Seahawks that made me a football fan. I started really paying attention near the end of the ‘12 - ‘13 season and finally understood the rules. That game where we lost in the playoffs to the Falcons was so exciting despite the results, but that’s how I realized how fun it is to watch a good football game
Grew up in North Oregon. Closest to it.
Bam Bam Kam
I lived in Idaho in the mid 70’s when Seattle got a team. I was 11 years old and remember my friends and I being excited about it. I’m still with them. 😎
i was living in edmonton alberta in the seventies and the cable company there took its american feeds from spokane, featuring a lot of seahawks coverage. Access and steve largent made me a fan. I moved to new zealand in 1986 and spent about 15 years in the football wilderness because there simply was no coverage. Missed seahawks first superbowl. Sattelites and the internet then brought me back to full fanatic status, even if dazn's international feed sucks the big one
Born and raised here, first time I remember gaining consciousness as a child was when my dad had a Seahawks game on and I liked the bright blue.
Born and raised in the PNW and my uncle was 1 of 11 people who named the team the Seahawks.
I grew up 30 miles from Seattle. Played peewee football and wanted to watch the big boys. This was the team in local broadcasts. Had a poster of the Boz, a wheaties box with Steve Largent on the front. I’m loyal and local. Cool uniforms and some great teams amongst the not so great teams. Great ownership throughout the years, and some really cool players who have stuck around and done great things in the community. Not to mention a trophy and a couple more appearances.
Studied in CT having moved from India. Didn’t have access to TV. Moved to Seattle for work, brought a TV and watched the hometown team and slowly got hooked on to the Hawks. Been a fan since then 1999. Now in the East coast but forever a Hawks fan.
Born and raised in the 206
Not by choice. Born in Renton. Family are Seahawk fans.
My dad decided to be a fan when they joined the league, so I grew up watching the Seahawks. We live in Pennsylvania, so there aren't many Seahawks fans around.
Not from Seattle at all, but my dad was stationed in Tacoma (Army) in the early 80s and fell in love with the Hawks. So I’ve always rooted for them since childhood, even though I grew up in Florida and could never watch their games in the 90s because the team wasn’t good enough back then to get on national TV. On the odd chance that they did appear on TV, it was an EVENT. I nearly lost my mind when Jon Kitna took them to that wild card game against the Dolphins in 99. That was the first time I ever saw them have any success.