General Inspiration

In an earlier blog post, The Love of the Game, I talked about why i like the sport of footall and what got me into the sport itself and why I like the game so much. Now I want to talk about the single event that got me into football and what made me want to play.

Tony Gozalez after a touchdown

Dad told me that I went to my first football game at the age of 6. I went to a pre-season game against the San Fran Cisco 49ers. It was the third pre-season game which means that the starters get to play most of the game where as in the other ones they don’t. The game was quite an experience from what he was telling me, he said girls where flashing cameras, and people where having too much fun for a Sunday. AS the game went on he said that the chiefs where driving down the field and we got to the red zone. We were sitting fairly close to the field so I could see everything. Rich Gannon, the quarterback at the time, drove the team all the way down the field and on 3^rd and goal from the 3 yard line. Gannon drew up a play action play and threw it in the back of the end zone. Dad said that Tony was double covered and pushed people out of the way. Then with his 6 foot 8 frame he jumped up to about the length of the crossbar and scored. I was amazed in what I saw. Dad said I asked, “Dad how did that linemen jump that high” Dad laughed and then went on to explain the position of the tight end and what their job entails. In the following months Dad said all I talked about was being like Tony G. I would play football with my little brother and him in the basement and address myself as him. Then that Christmas I got a Tony Gonzalez jersey. Then we went to my grandparent’s house and I got another jersey. Afterwards dad took me to an autograph signing and guesses who was there. Tony Gonzalez. He signed a chief’s banner for me. Following the end of the season, he framed one of jerseys and the signed banner.



Tony Gonzalez



            These events single handily made me want to play football. I’ve talked about in some of my blog posts that I didn’t start playing until 7^th grade. Tony Gonzalez inspired me to play the game because since then all vie wanted to do is play the position of tight end. Tony Inspired me to play, but my dad got me to play. 

 - cheiffan81