When did you become a 49ers fan?

Photo by Philip Pacheco/Getty ImagesI hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend!

One thing the members of our community have in common is being diehard fans of the San Francisco 49ers. The readers and commenters on our site come from various backgrounds, and we each have our own unique story of when we began supporting the team.

There are differing opinions on how the 49ers can capture the elusive sixth Lombardi Trophy, and those ideas are usually shared rationally and calmly on this site (haha). But all of our suggestions and hopes come from a commonplace, which is that we want to see our team win another championship.

I was born in the early ’80s, so I was too young to enjoy the franchise’s…