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Bill Bidwill (William Vogel Bidwill) was born on 31 July, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American businessman (1931–2019). Discover Bill Bidwill's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

Popular As William Vogel Bidwill
Occupation Businessman
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 31 July 1931
Birthday 31 July
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death 2 October, 2019
Died Place Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Parents Charles Bidwill Violet Bidwill
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Children 5; including Michael

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1931

William Vogel Bidwill (July 31, 1931 – October 2, 2019) was an American businessman and the owner of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).

1932

The team has been owned by the Bidwill family since 1932.

1933

Charles Bidwill purchased the team, then known as the Chicago Cardinals, from David Jones in 1933.

1947

After his death at age 51 in 1947, his widow authorized business partner Ray Bennigsen to carry on management of the team.

1949

Violet Bidwill married St. Louis businessman Walter Wolfner in 1949 and he later became managing director.

1956

Bidwill attended Georgetown Preparatory School, then enlisted in the U.S. Navy until 1956.

He went to college at Georgetown University, and after his graduation, moved to St. Louis a few months before the Cardinals moved there.

1960

Prior to the 1960 season, Violet moved the Cardinals to St. Louis.

1962

He had co-owned the team from 1962 for ten seasons with his brother Charles Jr. and had been sole owner from 1972 until his death in 2019.

Charles Jr. and Bill inherited the team after their mother's death in January 1962, and served as co-owners for ten seasons, until Bill purchased it outright in 1972.

Among NFL franchises, only the Chicago Bears and New York Giants have been controlled by one family longer than the Cardinals.

Bidwill's ownership was marked by little success.

1974

In his 62 years as at least part-owner, the Cardinals only made the playoffs eight times (1974, 1975, 1982, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2014, and 2015) and had only nine other winning seasons.

1988

He moved the team to Phoenix, Arizona prior to the 1988 season after St. Louis refused to build a new stadium to replace Busch Memorial Stadium.

Bidwill had also publicly pledged to support a future effort to gain an expansion franchise for St. Louis.

Instead, he voted to approve a new franchise in Jacksonville, Florida.

1995

However, St. Louis eventually gained a new franchise anyway, the relocated Los Angeles Rams in 1995.

2006

Following the move to State Farm Stadium in 2006, the team began to spend more money.

2008

The increased revenue paid off in 2008, when the Cardinals won their division for the first time since 1975 (when the team was based in St. Louis), hosted a playoff game for only the second time in franchise history (the previous coming in 1947 as a Chicago team) and advanced to Super Bowl XLIII.

2009

They won two more division titles in 2009 and 2015.

On September 11, 2022, Bidwill was inducted into the Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor at a halftime ceremony where he is honored along with his father Charles.

Bidwill ceded most day-to-day control over the Cardinals to his sons Michael and Bill Jr., who serve as team president and vice president, respectively.

Bidwill also had two other sons, Patrick and Tim, and a daughter, Nicole.

2014

After the death of Ralph Wilson in March 2014, Bidwill became the longest-tenured owner in the NFL.

2016

The Rams returned to Los Angeles in 2016.

Bidwill had a reputation for running the Cardinals rather cheaply; the Cardinals had one of the lowest payrolls in the league for many years.

2018

Bill’s father, Charles Sr., purchased the then-Chicago Cardinals for $50K (the equivalent of ~$918K in 2018).

Born in Chicago, Bidwill and his elder brother Charles were adopted by Charles and Violet Bidwill, owners of the then-Chicago Cardinals.

2019

Bidwill died at age 88 on October 2, 2019.

At the time of his death, he was the longest tenured owner in the NFL.

Following an $8,000,000 donation, his son Michael dedicated a new stadium at his alma mater Georgetown Prep named the William V. Bidwill ’49 Stadium.

This 1,508 seat stadium is the new home to the Hoyas football, soccer and lacrosse programs.