Chicago Cardinals Pinback Button
Object Details
- Description
- This round button is red with a white band in the center with "Chicago Cardinals" printed in red in the center of the button. The button was for supporters of the Chicago Cardinals which, today, is known as the Arizona Cardinals. The Chicago Cardinals, along with the Chicago Bears, are the only two NFL charter members still in operation today. The team was founded in 1898 in Chicago and was originally known as the Racine Normals (named after a street the team played next to). The team's first uniforms were hand-me-downs from the University of Chicago Maroons; however, the uniforms had faded leading them to be red rather than maroon. This would lead the team to change their name to the Cardinals due to their cardinal-red uniforms. The team would then later change from the Racine Cardinals to the Chicago Cardinals to avoid confusion after a team from Racine, Wisconsin joined the league. The Cardinals would become a founding member of the American Professional Football Association in 1920 for a franchise fee of $100 (the APFA would become the NFL in 1922). The team would later move to Arizona in 1988. With such a long history the team has only two league titles, one in 1925 and the other in 1947, both of which came before the NFL/AFL merger.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1996.0213.275
- accession number
- 1996.0213
- catalog number
- 1996.0213.275
- Object Name
- button, sports
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 in; x 5.08 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- level of sport
- collegiate
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_1432113
