[2] He worked with a rug-cleaning business owned by future Chicago Cardinals executive Charles Bidwill.

[2] When Bidwill bought the Chicago Cardinals franchise in the National Football League (NFL) in 1933, Wolfe was given a position on the team.

[2] Early on, his duties included recording finances, serving as a traveling secretary, and, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, acting as a "fight referee" – "Once he hopped the rail and sped out onto the field to separate a fuming Cardinal from an official whose calls had proved highly irritating.

Wolfe figured it was better to risk his hide jumping into the way of what could be flying fists rather than lose a ball player in a key game.

[3] One year after he was removed from his general manager position, the Cardinals won the 1947 NFL Championship Game over the Philadelphia Eagles, their first title since 1925, and, as of 2023, their last.