On this fine Tuesday, the Arizona Cardinals are one day closer to the start of their 2022 regular season. They will take the field in their home stadium to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 1.
The Cardinals have not had a player wear No. 40 in two decades, as it is was retired after Pat Tillman was killed in action in Afghanistan when he was serving as an Army Ranger after he enlisted, turning down a contract from the Cardinals to serve his country after the 9/11 attacks.
A few players wore No. 40 before him.
Tillman and some of those players are below.
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