TABLE OF CONTENTS Feeling Like a Million Dollars 9 Joining the NFL 17 Meet Me in St Louis 24 Super Bowl Birds 37 Highs and Lows 43 GRIDIRON GREATS A Controversial Championship 11 Never s Again 14 Fast Ollie 19 Top Cat 26 Giving His Life for His Country 32 Keeping the Lid On 40 Team Stats 47 Websites 47 Index 48
Coach Jimmy Conzelman with Elmer Angsman left and Charley Trippi right FEELING LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS Long before the Cardinals landed in Arizona they were the Chicago Cardinals In December 1947 they faced the Philadelphia Eagles at Shibe Park The winner would be the National Football League NFL champion The Cardinals featured their famous Million-Dollar Backfield It included quarterback Paul Christman and halfback Elmer Angsman Churning fullback Pat Harder led the league in scoring The fourth member was rookie Charley Trippi He had received a 100,000 contract It was the largest in NFL history at that time 9
