Sports promoter Bud Yates was credited with founding the team after being general manager for the 1926-27 St. Louis Blues independent team (which lost only one game in its two-season existence).[5] and founding crosstown rivals St. Louis Gunners (in 1931) [1] and St. Louis Veterans (in 1932).[5] When the Gunners joined the NFL in November 1934, the Blues moved to