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Last updated Apr 13 2022.
In 1901, O'Brien bought used maroon uniforms from the University of Chicago, the colors of which had by then faded, leading O'Brien to exclaim, "That's not maroon; it's cardinal red!" It was then that the team changed its name to the "Racine Street Cardinals"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Chicago_Cardinals
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