3 things you probably didn’t know about the Cardinals

#1. Team holds record for the most team names for a single pro football franchise

Back in the infancy of American Football, almost every team was either a group that represented a neighborhood gym or were locals comprised from a small-to-medium town.

The origin of the Arizona Cardinals is the former. In 1898, several club members of a gym located on Chicago’s South Side where boxing was the main focus formed a football team. For years, the “Morgan Athletic Club” played in a very loose association called the “Chicago Football League” formed of several local and regional neighborhood and athletic gyms and clubs.