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1899
Chris O'Brien formed a neighborhood team, which played under the name the Morgan Athletic Club, on the south side of Chicago. The team later became known as the Normals, then the Racine (for a street in Chicago) Cardinals, the Chicago Cardinals, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Phoenix Cardinals, and, in 1994, the Arizona Cardinals. The team remains the oldest continuing operation in pro football.
They changed their name several times but the Cardinals are the oldest, followed by the Bears (1919) and Packers (1921). The Cardinals and Bears both originated in the Midwest and are charter members of the league.
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Tom Landry is the longest tenured coach in NFL history as he coached the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 until 1988. Jeff Fisher is the longest tenured head coach still in the league. He has coached the Tennessee Titans since 1994.
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The longest holdout in NFL history is currently by running back Emmitt Smith. He held out for the first two games of the 1993 season, missing the Dallas Cowboys' victories over the Washington Redskins and Buffalo Bills. The holdout lasted 62 days before Smith eventually reached a contract agreement with the team.