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  "tree": {
    "id": "1953-03-25-bal-cle-art-spinney",
    "name": "Art Spinney (1953) trade tree",
    "root_trade_id": "backfill-19530325-bal-cle",
    "featured": false,
    "blurb": "On March 25, 1953, Baltimore Ravens sent DT Don Colo, G Herschell Forester, DB John Petitbon, T Mike McCormack, and LB Tom Catlin to Cleveland Browns for G Art Spinney, DB Bert Rechichar, DB Carl Taseff, T Dick Batten, DB Don Shula, LB Ed Sharkey, G Elmer Willhoite, E Gern Nagler, QB Harry Agganis, and T Stu Sheets."
  },
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    {
      "id": "backfill-19530325-bal-cle",
      "date": "1953-03-25",
      "season": 1953,
      "teams": [
        "BAL",
        "CLE"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "BAL",
          "sent": [
            "player-don-colo",
            "player-herschell-forester",
            "player-john-petitbon",
            "player-mike-mccormack",
            "player-tom-catlin"
          ],
          "received": [
            "player-art-spinney",
            "player-bert-rechichar",
            "player-carl-taseff",
            "player-dick-batten",
            "player-don-shula",
            "player-ed-sharkey",
            "player-elmer-willhoite",
            "player-gern-nagler",
            "player-harry-agganis",
            "player-stu-sheets"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "CLE",
          "sent": [
            "player-art-spinney",
            "player-bert-rechichar",
            "player-carl-taseff",
            "player-dick-batten",
            "player-don-shula",
            "player-ed-sharkey",
            "player-elmer-willhoite",
            "player-gern-nagler",
            "player-harry-agganis",
            "player-stu-sheets"
          ],
          "received": [
            "player-don-colo",
            "player-herschell-forester",
            "player-john-petitbon",
            "player-mike-mccormack",
            "player-tom-catlin"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "public_note": "The Colts acquired 10 players from the Browns for five in the largest trade in NFL history to that point.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.colts.com/news/catching-up-with-don-shula",
        "https://www.scribd.com/document/435275859/1956-Colts",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Baltimore_Colts_season",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Cleveland_Browns_season"
      ],
      "summary": "On March 25, 1953, Baltimore Ravens sent DT Don Colo, G Herschell Forester, DB John Petitbon, T Mike McCormack, and LB Tom Catlin to Cleveland Browns for G Art Spinney, DB Bert Rechichar, DB Carl Taseff, T Dick Batten, DB Don Shula, LB Ed Sharkey, G Elmer Willhoite, E Gern Nagler, QB Harry Agganis, and T Stu Sheets.",
      "truncated": false
    }
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      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
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    },
    {
      "id": "player-dick-batten",
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      "notes": "UNVERIFIED: named in 2025 Roster Rumblings listicle as Baltimore-bound in the 1953-03-25 trade but does not appear on the 1953 Colts final roster. May have been cut in camp or the listicle may be wrong.",
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    },
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      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "player-ed-sharkey",
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      "player_name": "Ed Sharkey",
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      "notes": "",
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    },
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      "id": "player-elmer-willhoite",
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      "player_name": "Elmer Willhoite",
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      "pick_number": null,
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      "condition": null,
      "notes": "UNVERIFIED: named in 2025 Roster Rumblings listicle as Baltimore-bound in the 1953-03-25 trade but does not appear on the 1953 Colts final roster. May have been cut in camp or the listicle may be wrong.",
      "unverified": true
    },
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      "id": "player-gern-nagler",
      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "Gern Nagler",
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      "condition": null,
      "notes": "UNVERIFIED: named in 2025 Roster Rumblings listicle as Baltimore-bound in the 1953-03-25 trade but does not appear on the 1953 Colts final roster. May have been cut in camp or the listicle may be wrong.",
      "unverified": true
    },
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      "id": "player-harry-agganis",
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      "player_name": "Harry Agganis",
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    },
    {
      "id": "player-herschell-forester",
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      "player_name": "Herschell Forester",
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      "pick_number": null,
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      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Not on 1953 Browns final roster per Wikipedia; on 1955 Browns roster.",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "player-john-petitbon",
      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "John Petitbon",
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      "notes": "PFRA: \"To Clev.; Mil.1953\" - did military service in 1953; on 1955 Browns roster.",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "player-mike-mccormack",
      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "Mike McCormack",
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      "pick_round": null,
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      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "On 1953 Browns military reserve list; nine-year Browns career began 1954 per listicle. Exact 1953 rights mechanics not fully verified.",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "player-stu-sheets",
      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "Stu Sheets",
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      "pick_year": null,
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      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
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      "condition": null,
      "notes": "UNVERIFIED: named in 2025 Roster Rumblings listicle as Baltimore-bound in the 1953-03-25 trade but does not appear on the 1953 Colts final roster. May have been cut in camp or the listicle may be wrong.",
      "unverified": true
    },
    {
      "id": "player-tom-catlin",
      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "Tom Catlin",
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      "notes": "Baltimore's own 1953 draft pick (R4), traded to Cleveland two months after the draft.",
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}