Today on the anniversary of the shift of the Cardinals football team from Saint Louis, we are looking at the teams long history. The franchise was formally transferred to Phoenix on January 16, 1988.
The Cardinals are the longest continuously operating football team having played every year since its founding in 1898. The team started out in Chicago and joined the NFL for its first season in 1920. They moved to Saint Louis Missouri for the 1960 season. The team has a franchise record of 496-699-39. They have won 2 league championships and went to the Super Bowl after the 2009 season. During their years in Chicago, the team played many years at Comiskey Park. Today they play at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona not far from the complex used by the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox for spring training. The White Sox are the baseball team that allowed the Cardinals to use their home field as their own.
For more information on the Cardinals history see their website at http://www.azcardinals.com/history/franchise.html
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is the Houston, Texas based Texas Arrow Heads played the 2004 season in the Pro Cricket League, a league that lasted just the one season.
Tomorrows trivia question is who was the Cardinals starting quarterback in 1963?
Tomorrow we will at an early minor league hockey league.
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