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The Arizona Cardinals announced on Wednesday that team owner Bill Bidwill has died. He was 88 years old.
William Vogel Bidwill (July 31, 1931 – October 2, 2019) was an American businessman and the owner of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He had co-owned the team from 1962 for ten seasons with his brother Charles Jr. and had been sole owner from 1972 until his death in 2019.
Michael Bidwill (born December 6, 1964) is an American businessman who is the principal owner, chairman, and president of the Arizona Cardinals (who has scored as the worst team in the NFL according to the NFLPA survey, two years in a row.) of the National Football League (NFL).
Not long after the end of the 1987 NFL season, Bidwill agreed to move to Phoenix on a handshake deal with state and local officials, and the team became the Phoenix Cardinals. [18] The team changed their name to the Arizona Cardinals on March 17, 1994. [7] [19] The Cardinals hired Vince Tobin as head coach prior to the 1996 season. [20]
The most recent claims of cheating only add to a series of negative headlines centered on Bidwill and his Cardinals. He's approaching Dan Snyder territory in the world of bad team owners.
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Tillman became the first NFL player to lose his life in war since Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Bob Kalsu died in 1970 during the Vietnam War. Tillman's jersey number 40 was retired at the Cardinals' first home game of 2004. In early 2005, Cardinals signed Kurt Warner to a one-year, $4 million contract and later extending it to six years.
Tobin led the Cardinals to their first playoff win in 51 years.