The last player was WR Ron Brown in 1987. Others were TE Doug Marsh (1985-1986), WR Steve Bird (1983-1984), WR Ricky Thompson (1982), DE Bob Pollard (1978-1981), WR Earl Thomas (1974-1975), DL Joe Schmiesing (1968-1971), and DE Mike Melinkovich (1965-1966).
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The team got the nickname Cardinals in the 1900 season. Prior to that, the Cardinals were known as the Perfectos and, before that, the Brown Stockings.
The Chicago Cardinals moved to St. Louis in 1960, and then to Phoenix in 1988.
The NFL on CBS - 1956 St. Louis Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks was released on: USA: 12 September 1976
NFL on FOX - 1994 St- Louis Rams vs- Arizona Cardinals was released on: USA: 6 November 2011
The NFL on NBC - 1965 Oakland Raiders vs- St- Louis Cardinals was released on: USA: 7 October 1973
The NFL on CBS - 1956 St- Louis Cardinals vs- Los Angeles Raiders was released on: USA: 11 December 1983
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The St. Louis Cardinals moved to Phoenix, AZ and became the Phoenix Cardinals (later the Arizona Cardinals when they moved to Tempe, AZ).
The cardinals is the oldest franchise in the nfl. They started back in the 1890's as a the marrons and changed shortly after to the cardinals due to their hand-me-down uniforms being red. the franchise for the nfl dates back to 1920. from chicago, them went to st. louis, to phoenix, to arizona.
The NFL on CBS - 1956 Chicago Bears vs- St- Louis Cardinals 11-56 was released on: USA: 31 October 1966
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