Cardinals predate Eagles, but they were actually named after a color and not a bird. They had these shitty hand me down uniforms that were faded red and they called them cardinal red. They didn't adopt the cardinal bird until the mid 40s I think.
Cardinals predate Eagles, but they were actually named after a color and not a bird. They had these shitty hand me down uniforms that were faded red and they called them cardinal red. They didn't adopt the cardinal bird until the mid 40s I think.