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A list of the best Arizona Cardinals of all time. A charter member of the NFL, the Cardinals were originally based in Chicago when they first joined the league. The team spent 49 years in the Windy City before moving to St. Louis ahead of the 1960 season. Those early Cardinals teams features multiple Hall of Famers like Charley Trippi, Ernie Nevers and John &quot;Paddy&quot; Driscoll. The last Cardinals team to win a championship was based in Chicago, and the year was 1947.The St. Louis Cardinals featured some great players as well. Dan Dierdorf is a Hall of Fame lineman who spent his entire 13 year career in St. Louis. The same goes for Hall of Fame tight end Jackie Smith and cornerback Roger Wehrli. These players were some of the best Cardinals in team history. Ottis Anderson is considered one of the greatest Cardinals ever. Though the team made the playoffs only once during his time with the team, Anderson still holds several team records.The Cardinals are currently based in Phoenix, and are now called the Arizona Cardinals. Larry Fitzgerald, the team's superstar receiver and one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-nfl-wide-receivers-2012">best receivers in football</a>, is bound for Canton and in 2008, the Cardinals went to the Super Bowl behind Fitzgerald, quarterback Kurt Warner and receiver Anquan Boldin. These players are considered the best Cardinals ever.This is the list of the best Arizona Cardinals of all time. If you see someone missing from this list, feel free to add him. Vote or rerank this list according to who you think is the greatest Arizona Cardinals player of all time.

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Big fan of Arizona football? Then check out this list of Arizona Cardinals cornerbacks with photos and seasons as starters.&nbsp;It includes every starting cornerback from throughout Arizona Cardinals history, including current cornerbacks and past ones. An important part of the Arizona defensive backfield, the CB position requires fast players to cover receivers, defend against pass offenses, and make tackles. Featuring 2018-2019 Cardinals and&nbsp;some of the&nbsp;greatest NFL cornerbacks of all time,&nbsp;the best Cardinals&nbsp;CBs include Patrick Peterson, Roger Wehrli, Aeneas Williams, and Dick &quot;Night Train&quot; Lane.Who are the best cornerbacks in Arizona Cardinals history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Arizona Cardinals&nbsp;starting cornerback.

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Throughout their time as a football franchise, the Arizona Cardinals have had a variety of coaches, but who is the best Arizona Cardinals head coach of all time? We want you to help us answer that question by voting for your favorite Arizona Cardinals coaches, keeping stats like division titles and playoff runs in mind.Despite their long history starting as the Chicago Cardinals, the franchise only went to their first Super Bowl in 2009, coached by Ken Whisenhunt. They ultimately lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-23, and still have yet to play in the big game since.&nbsp;Other coaches to take the Cardinals into the playoffs are&nbsp;Don Coryell and Vince Tobin, but other than that there really aren't too many names that stand out.&nbsp;If the Arizona Cardinals had a best of all time team, who would coach it? Vote for your favorites below, even if the coach never won a championship with the Arizona Cardinals.

The Arizona Cardinals have had some great tight ends throughout the franchise&rsquo;s history. This list of past Cardinals tight ends features former greats, current impact players, and even future stars.&nbsp;As the tight end position increasingly becomes more of a focal point in the offensive schemes of today, one can only imagine what this list could look like in years down the road. No matter what happens in the evolution of this position, these Arizona tight ends have left a legacy for this that can&rsquo;t be taken away.&nbsp;

Great Arizona Cardinals players such as Jackie Smith, Doug Marsh, and Rob Awalt have gone down as some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-25-greatest-tight-ends-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best tight ends</a> in Cardinals franchise history.

So&nbsp;who is the greatest tight end in Arizona Cardinals history? Which of these tight ends has left a lasting legacy? Vote below for who you think is the best Arizona <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-arizona-cardinals-of-all-time/ranker-nfl?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Cardinals tight end</a> of all time!

Linebackers

Big fan of Arizona football? Then check out this list of Arizona Cardinals linebackers with photos and seasons as starters.&nbsp;It includes every starting linebacker from throughout Arizona Cardinals history, including current linebackers and past ones. An important part of the Arizona defense, the LB position includes middle or inside linebackers and outside (strong side or weakside) linebackers. Featuring some of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-25-greatest-linebackers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest NFL linebackers</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Cardinals&nbsp;LBs include Karlos&nbsp;Dansby, Gerald Hayes, Ronald McKinnon, and Ken Harvey.In the 2017-18 NFL season, the current Arizona Cardinals starting LBs and backup LBs are Bryson, Albright, Deone Bucannon, Markus Golden, Chandler Jones, Gabe Martin, Haason Reddick, Edmond Robinson, and Scooby Wright.&nbsp; Who are the best linebackers in Arizona Cardinals history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Arizona Cardinals&nbsp;starting linebacker.

Big fan of Arizona football? Then check out this list of Arizona Cardinals running backs with photos and seasons as starters.&nbsp;It includes every starting running back from throughout Arizona Cardinals history, including current running backs and past ones. Featuring 2018-2019 Arizona Cardinals and some of the greatest NFL&nbsp;running backs&nbsp;of all time, the best Cardinals&nbsp;RBs include Edgerrin James, Ottis Anderson, Terry Metcalf, and Tim Hightower.&nbsp;

Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-nfl-running-backs-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best running backs</a> in Arizona Cardinals history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Arizona Cardinals&nbsp;starting running back.

Big fan of Arizona football? Then check out this list of Arizona Cardinals wide receivers with photos and seasons as starters.&nbsp;It includes every starting wide receiver from throughout Arizona Cardinals history, including current wide receivers and past ones. Featuring 2018-2019 Arizona Cardinals&nbsp;and some of the greatest NFL&nbsp;wide receivers of all time, the best Cardinals WRs include Anquan Boldin, Frank Sanders, Roy Green, and Rob Moore.

Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-nfl-wide-receiver/ranker-sports?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best wide receivers</a> in Arizona Cardinals history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Arizona Cardinals&nbsp;starting wide receiver.

Quarterbacks

Big fan of Arizona football? Then check out this list of Arizona Cardinals quarterbacks with photos! It includes every starting quarterback from throughout Arizona Cardinals history, including current quarterbacks and past ones. This roster contains many American football greats, players in the game with the highest ratings in the NFL. The QB is the leader of the offensive team, the one who often calls the plays. Although most teams use an offensive coordinator now, QBs still need to know the intricacies of the rules for trick plays and tactics. Vigorous training is a must—and don't forget that a quarterback is only as good as his receivers.&nbsp;Featuring 2018-2019 Arizona Cardinals and some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-quarterbacks-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest NFL quarterbacks</a>&nbsp;of all time, the best Cardinals QBs include Carson Palmer, Jim Hart, and Jake Plummer, among other greats.&nbsp;Who are the best quarterbacks in Arizona Cardinals history? Here is every athlete who's ever held the illustrious position of Arizona Cardinals quarterback.

The best Arizona Cardinals kickers ever have all had a part in some of the biggest moments in franchise history. NFL games can be won and lost by one or two points, making every made or missed kick of the greatest importance and every starting kicker a potential hero.

While recent stars like Neil Rackers and Jay Feely have made their mark in the Cardinals&#39; past, early standouts like Jim Bakken and Neil O&#39;Donoghue&nbsp;helped craft their own legacies in the old days of&nbsp;the franchise.

So which of these kickers from Arizona Cardinals history deserves to rank near the top of the list? Who are the best Cardinals kickers of all-time? Vote below, and check back to see what other football fans thought.

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Greg Davis

Greg Davis (born October 29, 1965 in Rome, Georgia) is a former National Football League kicker who played for 12 seasons from 1987 - 1998 with the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders.

Neil Rackers

Neil William (Rickety) Rackers (born August 16, 1976) is a former American football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons.  He played college football for the University of Illinois.  Rackers was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, and also played for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, and Washington Redskins.

Jim Bakken

James LeRoy Bakken (born November 2, 1940) is a former American football punter and placekicker for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a four-time Pro Bowl selection, and was named by the voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to the Professional Football 1960s All Decade Team, which included both NFL and American Football League players.  The voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame also selected Bakken to the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
In 1967, Bakken set the record for most field goals in a game with 7 (out of 9 attempts, also a record).  The single-game record for field goals was later tied by Rich Karlis in 1989, Chris Boniol in 1996, and Billy Cundiff in 2003 before Rob Bironas broke it with 8 in a game in 2007.
Before his NFL career, Bakken played football at Madison West High School in Madison, Wisconsin. He went on to play three seasons at the University of Wisconsin, where he played on the 1960 Rose Bowl team as a sophomore and led the Big Ten in punting average in 1960 and 1961. He was named to the Madison (Wisconsin) Sports Hall of Fame in 1984, and was later inducted into the UW Athletic Department-National W Club Hall of Fame. In December 2010, the annual trophy for the Big Ten's best kicker, the "Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year" award, was co-named in his honor.

Jay Feely

Thomas James "Jay" Feely (born May 23, 1976) is a former American football placekicker. He started his career with the Florida Bobcats in the Arena Football League as a street free agent in 1999 before playing for several NFL teams.
Feely was a member of the Tampa Bay Storm, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, and Chicago Bears. He was a member of the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team with the Falcons in 2001 and was a Pro Bowl alternate with the Giants in 2005. He played college football at Michigan.

Phil Dawson

Philip Drury "Phil" Dawson (born January 23, 1975) is a former American football placekicker. He played for the Cleveland Browns from 1999 to 2012 and holds their franchise record for most field goals made, passing Hall of Famer Lou Groza in 2010. He played college football at Texas. He also played for the San Francisco 49ers from 2013-2016, and the Arizona Cardinals in 2017 and 2018. He signed a contract in 2019 to retire as a member of the team that he started with, the Cleveland Browns.

Joe Nedney

Joseph Thomas Nedney (born March 22, 1973) is a former American football placekicker. Born and raised in San Jose, California, Nedney played college football at San Jose State and signed as an undrafted player with the Miami Dolphins in 1996. He played for the 49ers from 2005 to 2010 after having played for the Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, Carolina Panthers, and Tennessee Titans

Kevin Butler

Kevin Gregory Butler (born July 24, 1962) is a former professional American football placekicker. He played college football for the University of Georgia Bulldogs, and then played professionally for the Chicago Bears (1985–1995) and the Arizona Cardinals (1996–1997) of the National Football League (NFL). Since retiring, he has continued his affiliation with the University of Georgia as a special teams assistant and the cohost of the Budweiser Fifth Quarter Show on 106.1 WNGC and 960 WRFC in Athens. He is the first kicker ever inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Al Del Greco

Albert Louis "Al" Del Greco (born March 2, 1962) is a former American football placekicker and a current sports radio personality. After eight years as golf coach at Spain Park High School coach in Hoover, Alabama, Del Greco was named the head coach of the men's golf team at Samford University on May 2, 2014.

Pat Summerall

George Allen "Pat" Summerall (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was an American football player and television sportscaster who worked for CBS, Fox, and ESPN. In addition to football, he also announced major golf and tennis events. In total, he announced 16 Super Bowls on network television (more than any other announcer), 26 Masters Tournaments, and 21 US Opens. He also contributed to 10 Super Bowl broadcasts on CBS Radio as a pregame host or analyst.
Summerall played football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and then in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 through 1961. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions and played with Bobby Layne. The best playing time in his career was with the New York Giants as a kicker. After retiring as a player, he joined CBS as a color commentator the next year. He worked with Tom Brookshier and then John Madden on NFL telecasts for CBS and Fox. Although retired since 2002, he continued to announce games on occasion, especially those near his Texas home.
He was named the National Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 1977, and inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994. That year, he also received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1999. The "Pat Summerall Award" has been presented since 2006 during Super Bowl weekend at the NFL's headquarters hotel "to a deserving recipient who through their career has demonstrated the character, integrity and leadership both on and off the job that the name Pat Summerall represents."

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Bill Gramática

Guillermo C. "Bill" Gramática (born 10 July 1978) is an Argentine former American football placekicker of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft and last played for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League in 2006. He played college football at the University of South Florida. Gramática is perhaps best known for tearing a knee ligament in a celebratory leap with the Cardinals in 2001.

Chandler Catanzaro

Chandler Catanzaro is an American football placekicker.

Chris Jacke

Christopher Lee Jacke (born March 12, 1966) is a former professional American football placekicker best known for playing for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League.
Before his NFL career, Jacke played collegiately at the University of Texas at El Paso. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1989 NFL Draft. He went on to play eight seasons with the Packers from 1989 to 1996. In his last year with the Packers, he assisted the Packers to a 13-3 record and a win in Super Bowl XXXI, defeating Drew Bledsoe and the New England Patriots. In 1997, Jacke became a free agent and was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers. During training camp he was injured and never played a game for them. Later that season he was signed by the Washington Redskins, only playing in one game. He finished his football career with the Arizona Cardinals for the 1998 and 1999 NFL seasons.Jacke previously held a record for the longest field goal to end overtime (53 yards) and is fourth behind Mason Crosby, Ryan Longwell and Don Hutson all time for the Packers in scoring.Jacke was a first-team AP All-Pro in 1993 and is a 2013 inductee into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.

Mike Nugent

Michael Nugent (born March 2, 1982) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He played college football for Ohio State University, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft, and has also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears, and Oakland Raiders.

Matthew McCrane

Nick Novak

Nicholas Ryan Novak (born August 21, 1981) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Maryland.
Novak has played for the Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, and Houston Texans of the NFL, as well as the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe and the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League (UFL).

Steve Little

Steven Richard Little (February 19, 1956 – September 6, 1999) was an American football kicker and punter in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is the third-highest drafted kicker in NFL history, behind Charlie Gogolak (6th, 1966) of Princeton and Russell Erxleben (11th, 1979) of Texas. Little was drafted higher than future NFL greats Ozzie Newsome and Todd Christensen. 
Little was an All-American placekicker and punter during his years at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He kicked an NCAA record-tying 67-yard field goal on October 15, 1977. That record has yet to be broken; it was set by Erxleben two weeks earlier on October 1, 1977, and is shared with Joe Williams of Wichita State (October 21, 1978).

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Neil O'Donoghue

John Lee

John Lee (Korean: 이민종; RR: I Min-jong; born May 19, 1964) is a former American football placekicker. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a two-time All-American.  Lee was selected in the second round of the 1986 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals with the 32nd overall pick.  He played one season with the Cardinals and was the first Korean to play in the NFL. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.



Bill Daddio

Louis William Daddio (April 26, 1916 – July 5, 1989) was an American football player, coach, and scout.  He was an All-American at end at the University of Pittsburgh and played with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1941 to 1942 and the Buffalo Bisons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in 1946.  Daddio served as the head football coach at Allegheny College from 1947 to 1951, compiling a record of 14–18–5.  He was later an assistant football coach at Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame and a personnel director for the Philadelphia Eagles.  From 1969 until his retirement in 1987, he worked as a scout for the Denver Broncos.

Cary Blanchard

Robert Cary Blanchard (November 5, 1968 – September 6, 2016) was an American football placekicker in the National Football League.  He played eight years for five teams: the New York Jets for his first two years, the Indianapolis Colts after taking 1994 off, the Washington Redskins in 1998, the New York Giants in 1999, and the Arizona Cardinals in his final season.
He graduated from L. D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas in 1987.  He then played college football at Oklahoma State University. He died in Mabank, Texas on September 6, 2016 at the age of 47.

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Jess Atkinson

Jess Gerald Atkinson (born December 11, 1961 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and the Indianapolis Colts.  He played college football at the University of Maryland.
After his professional football career, Atkinson went into broadcasting, and began his career as a sports anchor with WRC in 1990.  He remained there until 1996 when he became the sports director at WPRI in Providence, Rhode Island.  In 2000, he returned to the Washington, D.C. area when he became the sports director at WUSA, a position he held until 2002.
Since his departure from WUSA, he has gone into different ventures, many of which keep him closely associated with his alma mater.  His most recent venture is the production of the television series Terrapins Rising, which is a reality show about the Maryland Terrapins football team that airs on Comcast Sportsnet.
He currently resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife Natalie and their sons Joseph, Anthony, and their daughter Jessica. Tony played linebacker for Walt Whitman High School's varsity football team until his graduation in 2011.

Jason Staurovsky

Jason Charles Staurovsky (born March 23, 1963 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former American football placekicker from 1987 to 1992. He attended Bishop Kelley High School and the University of Tulsa, for whom he is the all-time leading scorer. He played for the St Louis Cardinals in 1987, the New England Patriots from 1988 to 1991, and the New York Jets in 1992. He currently resides in Tulsa, where he coaches youth athletics.

The best Arizona Cardinals kickers ever have all had a part in some of the biggest moments in franchise history. NFL games can be won and lost by one or two ...