This year marks the 75th anniversary of Violet Bidwill becoming the first female owner in NFL history. Her grandson, Michael, looks back on her life.
Michael Bidwill never knew his grandmother. But as the historian of his family's generational ownership of the Cardinals franchise, and the current owner of the team, he knows a great deal about Violet Bidwill.
"So she was tough. And she was a football fan. But she wanted him to compete at a high level, and he certainly did. But he also talked about what a great mom she was and how loving she was towards him and how much he missed her." "He passed at 52 years old, and she was suddenly running a number of the businesses that he was running and went from that to all of a sudden, she's running them all and including the football team," Michael Bidwill said."I've thought about this quite a bit, I think she inspired my father because my father saw somebody who wasn't really supposed to be in that position.
It's the most recent championship the Cardinals have won, and it was the first season of Violet Bidwill's ownership. Violet Bidwill would go on to involve her college-age sons Charles Jr. and Bill in running the Cardinals. Violet Bidwill enjoyed her tenure as Cardinals owner, even if the only success the franchise tasted during those years was her first season running the team.
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