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Home Town: Glendale, Arizona (suburb of Phoenix)
Owner: Bill Bidwell

Brief History of the Arizona Cardinals
Founded: Morgan Athletic Club (1898)
Name Change: Racine Normals (1899-1900)
Name Change: Racine Cardinals (1901-1906, reformed 1913-1919)
Name Change: Chicago Cardinals (1920-1959)
Location Change: St. Louis Cardinals (1960-1987)
Location Change: Phoenix Cardinals (1988-1993)
Name Change: Arizona Cardinals (1994-present)

First NFL Championship: 1925
Last NFL Championship: 1947
Other NFL Championships: None

Cardinals NFL Draft History | Playoff History | Trivia

Hall of Famers:


Charles Bidwill, team owner
Guy Chamberlin, TE-DE
Jimmy Conzelman, QB-CB, head coach
Dan Dierdorf, OT
Paddy Driscoll, QB-S-K-P, head coach
Walt Kiesling, G-DT, head coach
Dick "Night Train" Lane, CB
Ollie Matson, RB
Ernie Nevers, RB-S
Jackie Smith, TE
Charley Trippi, RB-CB
Larry Wilson, S

Retired Numbers:


8 - Larry Wilson (St. Louis)
40 - Pat Tillman (Arizona)
77 - Stan Mauldin (Chicago)
88 - J.V. Cain (St. Louis)
99 - Marshall Goldberg (Chicago)

Home Stadiums (since 1920):


Normal Park (1920-1921), (1926-1928)
Comiskey Park (1922-1925), (1929-1959)
Busch Stadium (1960-1965)
Busch Memorial Stadium (1966-1987)
Sun Devil Stadium (1988-2005)
University of Phoenix Stadium (2006 - present)

Current Stadium Stats:


Name: University of Phoenix Stadium
Opened: August 12, 2006
Capacity: 63,000
Defining Feature(s): Retractable roof, fully retractable natural grass playing surface

Team Colors:


Cardinal Red, Black, and White

Head Coaches:


Paddy Driscoll (1920-1922)
Arnold Horween (1923-1924)
Norman Barry (1925-1926)
Guy Chamberlin (1927)
Fred Gillies (1928)
Dewey Scanlon (1929)
Ernie Nevers (1929-1930)
LeRoy Andrews (1931)
Jack Chevigny (1932)
Paul Schissler (1933-1934)
Milan Creighton (1935-1938)
Ernie Nevers (1939)
Jimmy Conzelman (1940-1942)
Phil Handler (1943-1945)
Jimmy Conzelman (1946-1948)
Curly Lambeau (1950-1951)
Phil Handler (1951)
Joe Kuharich (1952)
Joe Stydahar (1953-1954)
Ray Richards (1955-1957)
Pop Ivy (1958-1961)
Wally Lemm (1962-1965)
Charley Winner (1966-1970)
Bob Hollway (1971-1972)
Don Coryell (1973-1977)
Bud Wilkinson (1978-1979)
Larry Wilson (interim) (1979)
Jim Hanifan (1980-1985)
Gene Stallings (1986-1989)
Hank Kuhlmann (interim) (1989)
Joe Bugel (1990-1993)
Buddy Ryan (1994-1995)
Vince Tobin (1996-1999)
Dave McGinnis (2000-2003)
Dennis Green (2004-2006)
Ken Whisenhunt (2007-present)
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