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How Every NFL Team Got Its Name
What's in a Nickname? The Origins of All 32 NFL Team Names
What do newspaper headline type and the New Deal have to do with the Oakland Raiders and Philadelphia Eagles? Here are the stories behind the nicknames of the NFL's 32 teams-and what they were almost called. ARIZONA CARDINALS The franchise began play in Chicago in 1898 before moving to St.
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Some wonderful stories in here.




Falcons were named by radio contest!
Oakland's first football team was named by contest too, but they weren't the Raiders yet. They were originally called the Oakland Señors.
EDIT: After reading the article, they discuss it there too. D'oh!
Good then we have independent verification.