Rufus was quite the hero, I had season tickets for his last year and all of Mareks years. They also had a linebacker, I think his name was Stan Winfrey whom I thought was pretty good.
Long time ago.
Dennis Lick was probably the highest regarded player on the team. I knew Terry Stieve who played about 10 years for the Cardinals. He lived above the Nitty Gritty with a couple other players. That bar was owned by Marshall "the Marshal" Shapiro.
Nitty Gritty was a couple of blocks from my office, saw some plenty good local bands there. Paul Soglin was a regular in those days.