On a whim, 58-year-old Dan Granofsky sent in his application to be a Ravens Cheerleader last Friday.
Where it asked to input how many years of dance training received, Granofsky scribbled 20.
“I have led R-A-V-E-N-S cheers after Ravens touchdowns since 1998,” wrote the man we’ve all come to know as “Real Fan Dan.”
The next morning, Granofsky’s wife called him a “nut” and gave him a kiss as he went out the door to join nearly 150 other hopefuls at the Merritt Club Downtown.
While Granofsky’s training isn’t quite what the judges were looking for (spoiler alert: he didn’t make the squad) he and everyone involved sure had a good time with it.