On August 1, 1976, the Seattle Seahawks made history.
Forty years ago today, the team played their first-ever game against the San Francisco 49ers in the Kingdome.
Scott Haynes was there.
"That would be the game that first made me a football fan," said Haynes, who was five or six years old at the time.
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"It was in later years, as I got a little older, that I appreciated that I'd been at the first game," said Haynes.
It’s a memory he has cherished forever. His father, Robert, took Scott to the preseason game.
"Even though I was just a little kid, I think myself and my father and the other 60 thousand people that were there – I think that technically makes us among the first 12th men," said Haynes, with a chuckle.
Scott says he truly is one of the first 12s – since he was in seat number 12.
It was last Christmas that Scott’s dad surprised him by giving him the ticket stubs and publications from that day.
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“He knows I’ve been a Seahawk fanatic,” said Haynes.
“I had no idea he had this stuff.”
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