Ronald Maurice Cahill (1915-1992) was a
National Football League
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quarterback for the
Chicago Cardinals
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
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He was signed by the Cardinals as a replacement for
Bud Schwenk, who had joined the armed forces. In his only
National Football League
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season, Cahill led the league in interceptions but did not win any of the ten games in which he played.
In 1946, Cahill signed with the
Buffalo Bisons
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of the newly formed
All-America Football Conference, but did not appear in any games.
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1915 births
1992 deaths
American football halfbacks
American football quarterbacks
Chicago Cardinals players
Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football players
Holy Cross Crusaders football players
People from Leominster, Massachusetts
Sportspeople from Worcester County, Massachusetts
Players of American football from Massachusetts
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