I can’t tell you it for sure but I think it’s pretty general a person when is maturing feels sort of attraction towards authority figures, an attraction that can be similar to romantic infatuation but it’s not another thing that admiration, a model to follow. A mirror in which you want to see yourself.
It’s normal that when you are very little, your models are your caretakers, then your social circle enlarges you feel the same towards other people. A friend of your dad or your mum, a teacher, your uncle...
I think this is your case but I’m not an expert in Evolutive Psychology.