William Vogel Bidwill (July 31, 1931 – October 2, 2019) was an American businessman and the owner of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).
He had co-owned the team from 1962 for ten seasons with his brother Charles Jr. and had been sole owner from 1972 until his death in 2019.
After his death at age 51 in 1947,[6] his widow authorized business partner Ray Bennigsen to carry on management of the team.
[1] Among NFL franchises, only the Chicago Bears and New York Giants have been controlled by one family longer than the Cardinals.
Bidwill had also publicly pledged to support a future effort to gain an expansion franchise for St. Louis.
The increased revenue paid off in 2008, when the Cardinals won their division for the first time since 1975 (when the team was based in St. Louis), hosted a playoff game for only the second time in franchise history (the previous coming in 1947 as a Chicago team) and advanced to Super Bowl XLIII.