From ball boy to bow-tied owner, Bill Bidwill spent more than eight decades working in the NFL, a private man who loved a very public business.
Bidwill and football were as intertwined as strands of DNA, but the sport didn’t define the man, who died on Wednesday at the age of 88.
Bidwill is survived by five children and 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His wife, Nancy, died in 2016.
"Our dad passed away today the same way he lived his life: peacefully, with grace, dignity and surrounded by family and loved ones,” Cardinals President Michael Bidwill said in a statement.