Your_Fan_Shran t1_j3o67en wrote
Reply to comment by dgtlfnk in [Adam Schefter] Sources: The Arizona Cardinals fired head coach Kliff Kingsbury, who 10 months ago signed a contract extension through the 2027 season. The Cardinals still never have had a head coach - any head coach - last longer than six years while the team has existed for over 100 years. by B0rtles
They originally wore old hand-me-down jerseys from the University of Chicago Maroons, which after having been washed too many times had faded to become… cardinal red.
“Professional” football teams were not the main attraction back then.
LordRobin------RM t1_j3q6adv wrote
Interesting. Somehow I’d gotten it into my head that the original meaning of the name was cardinals as in bishops. But that may actually be true. The Cardinals wear red and white, the same two colors as a Catholic cardinal.
Your_Fan_Shran t1_j3q7j8q wrote
The color Catholic Cardinals wear is scarlet, which symbolizes the blood of Christ. It’s a different shade of red than what the football cardinals wear.
As I said above, the Chicago Cardinals got their name from the color of the faded jerseys:
>In 1898, Chicago painting and building contractor Chris O'Brien established an amateur Chicago-based athletic club football team named the "Morgan Athletic Club". O'Brien later moved them to Chicago's Normal Park and renamed them the "Racine Normals", since Normal Park was located on Racine Avenue in Chicago. In 1901, O'Brien bought used maroon uniforms from the University of Chicago, the colors of which had by then faded, leading O'Brien to exclaim, "That's not maroon; it's cardinal red!" It was then that the team changed its name to the "Racine Street Cardinals".[1]
oatsack t1_j3rsiw6 wrote
Right you are. You know your nfl history. Also the OBrien brothers regular paying job was as house painters.
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