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Skinzman · 04-08-2014, 09:46 PM

Well, since you put non-american born, I will add my name to the list. While I was born an American citizen to American parents, my dad is retired Air force and, at the time of my birth, was stationed overseas at Kadena AFB in Okinawa, Japan.

How I became a Skins fan. Back when I was just getting into football, around 8 or 9, my dad was stationed in Dayton, Ohio which is about an hour out of Cincy. It was bengal country and several people there were obnoxious bengal fans and annoyed the crap out of me. The Steelers were hated, so I rooted for Pitt, only to see them in the SB against Dallas several times in the 70's. Pitt and Dallas were actually a decent rivalry during that decade even though they didnt play often in the regular season. Learned to hate Dallas from that, and shortly after, my Dad got transferred to the Pentagon, and the Dallas hate was evident here. I became a Skins fan full time. Even though we moved around plenty after that, I stayed a Skins fan. And when my Dad retired (between my junior and senior year of HS), he took a job with a defense contractor located in Arlington and we moved back to the area. Been here every since.

04-08-2014, 09:46 PM	#9
Skinzman The Starter Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,066	Re: Overseas Redskins fans (non American born) sign in here Well, since you put non-american born, I will add my name to the list. While I was born an American citizen to American parents, my dad is retired Air force and, at the time of my birth, was stationed overseas at Kadena AFB in Okinawa, Japan. How I became a Skins fan. Back when I was just getting into football, around 8 or 9, my dad was stationed in Dayton, Ohio which is about an hour out of Cincy. It was bengal country and several people there were obnoxious bengal fans and annoyed the crap out of me. The Steelers were hated, so I rooted for Pitt, only to see them in the SB against Dallas several times in the 70's. Pitt and Dallas were actually a decent rivalry during that decade even though they didnt play often in the regular season. Learned to hate Dallas from that, and shortly after, my Dad got transferred to the Pentagon, and the Dallas hate was evident here. I became a Skins fan full time. Even though we moved around plenty after that, I stayed a Skins fan. And when my Dad retired (between my junior and senior year of HS), he took a job with a defense contractor located in Arlington and we moved back to the area. Been here every since.