RACINE CARDINALS. Oldest team, still kicking. Behold, Holy Grail of the Gridiron.
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RACINE CARDINALS® is a registered trademark.
Professional Football Centennial® is a registered trademark.
Embroidered cotton twill ballcap, two-tone maroon bill with khaki crown, velcro adjustable
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Back when horsepower was provided by horses.
Emanating from the Morgan Athletic Association in 1899, the team came by way of its evolving name(s) organically. Morgan was a street name, as was Racine -- in Chicago.
The nickname was less about a songbird and more about hue. The acquisition of used uniforms bearing cardinal red is the folklore. Or perhaps a melding with another athletic club, named Cardinals?
Regardless, this is the oldest professional football team, with family ownership dating back ninety years. The team was 'western' as the league went a hundred years ago and remains so today, gravitating to Arizona in 1988.
►Root name of the oldest professional outfit?
►Root team predating the NFL itself... by a generation?
The Holy Gridiron. It's not a ballcap, it's a crown.
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