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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
STL didn't really have a strong pro-football pedigree in the olden days. they had a couple teams here and there (the All-stars and the Gunners) that quickly folded after a season or two. it wasn't until the cardinals moved down there from chicago in 1960 that st. louis had a strong and stable NFL presence.
what's kinda interesting is that the NFL cardinal's stint in arizona is now longer than they were in STL, and almost as long as they were in chicago for back in the olden days.
Racine Cardinals (1920–1921) - 2 seasons
Chicago Cardinals (1922–1959) - 37 seasons
St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1987) - 27 seasons
Arizona Cardinals (1988–present) - 33 seasons
but i bet there's still a few old-schoolers in SE wisconsin hoping that they team will finally come to its senses and move back to their ancestral home city of Racine.  |
That's an interesting time comparison. And it makes me feel old since I remember the Cardinals moving to Phoenix.
Also interesting is how the Rams started in Cleveland for ~10 years, moved to LA for ~50 years, to S. Louis for ~20 years, and now back to LA for the last 6. Like in the case of Racine, maybe the Rams leave the sunny shores of the Pacific for a return to their homeland on the gray shores of Lake Erie...
Improbable, but I'd actually root for them if the did return to a location where football is actually appreciated.
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