Paddy Driscoll
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John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll was an American professional football and baseball player and football coach. A triple-threat man in football, he was regarded as the best drop kicker and one of the best ove
Driscoll c. 1926
Driscoll was thrown out of the first 1922 game with the Chicago Bears for fighting and wound up on the back cover of the Chicago Tribune.
Driscoll carries the ball around end in tune-up game ahead of the 1925 National League season.
Driscoll's grave at All Saints Cemetery
Chicago Cardinals
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The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri,
Paddy Driscoll
…that won the 1919 Rose Bowl. Driscoll played professional football as a quarterback and halfback for the Hammond All-Stars (1917), Hammond Pros (1919), Racine/Chicago Cardinals (1920–1925), and Chicago Bears (1926–1929). He was the NFL's first All-Pro quarterback and its leading scorer in 1923 and 1926. He also led the 1925…
Morgan Athletic Club, established in 1898, would eventually be renamed the “Cardinals”
The Chicago Cardinals in 1920
The 1921 Chicago Cardinals