Kurt Warner played quarterback for three National Football League (NFL) teams: the St. Louis Rams, the New York Giants, and the Arizona Cardinals. Following a 12-year career, he is regarded as one of the greatest stories in NFL history.

Warner first attained stardom while playing for the St. Louis Rams from 1998 to 2003, where he won two NFL MVP awards in 1999 and 2001 as well as the Super Bowl MVP award in Super Bowl XXXIV. He led the 2008 Arizona Cardinals to Super Bowl XLIII (the franchise's first Super Bowl berth).

Warner announced his retirement on January 29, 2010. In February of the same year, he received the annual Bart Starr Award, given for outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community.