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1. Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are the oldest team in the NFL and along with the Chicago Bears, is one of only two teams that were part of the . Only two founding members are still in the league, the Decatur Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) and the Chicago Cardinals (founded in 1898, joined the NFL in .

The Cardinals started out as the Morgan Athletic Club, a neighbourhood team based in the South Side of Chicago. The team acquired its nickname in 1901 when its founder, Chris O'Brien, received a shipment of faded jerseys from the University of Chicago Maroons football team that were cardinal red in colour.

The Cardinals have won two NFL championships, both while the team was in Chicago. The first, in 1925, was disputed by supporters of the runner-up Pottsville Maroons. Their second, and the first to be won in a championship game, came in 1947, nearly two decades before the first Super Bowl.

Team Greats. The Cardinals franchise has 23 Pro Football Hall of Famers and 19 members in their Ring of Honor. There are 12 members in both the Hall of Fame and the Cardinals Ring of Honor.

The league began play in 1920 and comprised five teams from Ohio (Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Tigers, Columbus Panhandlers, and Dayton Triangles), four teams from Illinois (Chicago Tigers, Decatur Staleys, Racine Cardinals [the Cardinals were based in Chicago but took the name of a local street], and Rock ...

The Arizona Cardinals started as the Chicago Cardinals in 1920 and won two NFL championships, but they haven't won any Super Bowls. They haven't been very competitive either, with more than 200 losses than wins in their franchise history.

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The original design featured a single cardinal perched on a baseball bat. The logo quickly became popular with fans and players alike, and it has undergone several modifications over the years.

The Red Sea (as well as Bird Gang) is a nickname refers to fans of the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals have utilized this term since the early 1990s following their relocation to Phoenix from St. Louis.

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In 1941 Stan Musial joined the club. Musial became arguably the Cardinals' most beloved star, playing 22 seasons in St. Louis and leading the team during the most successful period in franchise history. The Cardinals teams of the 1940s finished first or second in the NL standings in every year of the decade save one.

The Cardinal was chosen as the mascot after 1913, selected because the northern cardinal is the state bird of Kentucky. The school colors of black and red were adopted later. The Cardinal appears at university sporting events, notably skydiving into Cardinal Stadium for each home football game.

The Arizona Cardinals are the oldest established team in the NFL. They were established in 1898 as an independent team and joined the NFL in its founding year of 1920.

One of the nation's oldest and most successful professional baseball clubs, the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships, the most of any NL team and second in MLB only to the New York Yankees.

Situated in Glendale, Arizona, State Farm Stadium stands as a premier multipurpose venue, serving as the proud home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. Boasting a retractable roof and natural grass playing surface, the stadium offers a fixed seating capacity of 63,400, expandable to over 73,000 for larger events.

Sheffield Football Club is an English football club from Dronfield, North East Derbyshire. They currently compete in the Northern Premier League Division One East. Founded in October 1857, the club is recognised by FIFA as the oldest existing club still playing football in the world.

Early Beginnings and Ascension to Prominence. Tony Corrente's journey into football officiating began decades ago, fueled by a passion for the game and a desire to contribute to its success. Hailing from California, Corrente rose through the ranks of officiating with determination and perseverance.

Rivalries. The Texans are the youngest expansion team in the NFL, having only been competing in the NFL since 2002. For that reason, they have not had the history or the reputation on which to build classic rivalries like the ones that often exist between older franchises.