When did the chicago cardinals leave and move to arizona?
The Chicago Cardinals played their first NFL season as a charter member of the league in 1920. (In 1920, the NFL was called the American Professional Football Association, and in 1921 it was called the American Professional Football League.) The team dates back to 1898, when the Morgan Athletic Club first fielded a team. The Cardinals thus claim to be the oldest professional football franchise in the United States. In 1899 and 1900, the team was called the Racine Normals (for Racine Avenue in Chicago and their home field, Normal Park). From 1901 to 1906, they were known as the Racine Cardinals after their (faded) jerseys inherited from the University of Chicago Maroons. The teams disbanded after playing 1906, but reformed to play again as the Racine Maroons from 1913 to 1919. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals#Chicago_years for details.) In 1944, the Cardinals and Steelers, due to
