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  "tree": {
    "id": "1940-04-01-chi-phi-dick-bassi",
    "name": "Dick Bassi (1940) trade tree",
    "root_trade_id": "backfill-19400401-chi-phi",
    "featured": false,
    "blurb": "On April 1, 1940, Chicago Bears sent G Dick Bassi and E Les McDonald to Philadelphia Eagles for a 1941 first-round pick (No. 1, became Tom Harmon) and C John Schiechl."
  },
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    {
      "id": "backfill-19400401-chi-phi",
      "date": "1940-04-01",
      "season": 1940,
      "teams": [
        "CHI",
        "PHI"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "CHI",
          "sent": [
            "player-dick-bassi",
            "player-les-mcdonald"
          ],
          "received": [
            "pick-1941-r1-PHI-1",
            "player-john-schiechl"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "PHI",
          "sent": [
            "pick-1941-r1-PHI-1",
            "player-john-schiechl"
          ],
          "received": [
            "player-dick-bassi",
            "player-les-mcdonald"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "public_note": "The Bears acquired center John Schiechl and a conditional 1941 first-round pick from the Eagles for end Les McDonald and guard Dick Bassi; when Schiechl failed to report, the pick became No. 1 overall (Tom Harmon).",
      "sources": [
        "https://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/18-05-673.pdf",
        "https://profootballhof.com/news/1941-national-football-league-draft",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_first-round_draft_picks"
      ],
      "summary": "On April 1, 1940, Chicago Bears sent G Dick Bassi and E Les McDonald to Philadelphia Eagles for a 1941 first-round pick (No. 1, became Tom Harmon) and C John Schiechl.",
      "truncated": false
    }
  ],
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      "pick_round": 1,
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      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Tom Harmon",
      "condition": "Philadelphia's 1941 first-round pick to Chicago if John Schiechl did not report; he did not",
      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
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    },
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      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
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}