{
  "tree": {
    "id": "1961-12-16-cle-was-bobby-mitchell",
    "name": "Bobby Mitchell (1961) trade tree",
    "root_trade_id": "backfill-19611216-cle-was",
    "featured": false,
    "blurb": "On December 16, 1961, Cleveland Browns sent a 1962 first-round pick (No. 11, became Leroy Jackson) and HB Bobby Mitchell to Washington Redskins for RB Ernie Davis."
  },
  "trades": [
    {
      "id": "backfill-19611216-cle-was",
      "date": "1961-12-16",
      "season": 1961,
      "teams": [
        "CLE",
        "WAS"
      ],
      "legs": [
        {
          "team": "CLE",
          "sent": [
            "pick-1962-r1-CLE-11",
            "player-bobby-mitchell"
          ],
          "received": [
            "player-ernie-davis"
          ]
        },
        {
          "team": "WAS",
          "sent": [
            "player-ernie-davis"
          ],
          "received": [
            "pick-1962-r1-CLE-11",
            "player-bobby-mitchell"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "public_note": "Washington traded the rights to #1 overall pick Ernie Davis to Cleveland for star HB Bobby Mitchell and a 1962 1st-round pick.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.commanders.com/news/history-of-firsts-bobby-mitchell-first-african-american-player-washington",
        "https://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/11/who-was-the-first-black-redskin/comment-page-1/",
        "https://web.archive.org/web/2024id_/https://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/DraftTrades/Years/1962.htm"
      ],
      "summary": "On December 16, 1961, Cleveland Browns sent a 1962 first-round pick (No. 11, became Leroy Jackson) and HB Bobby Mitchell to Washington Redskins for RB Ernie Davis.",
      "truncated": false
    }
  ],
  "assets": [
    {
      "id": "pick-1962-r1-CLE-11",
      "kind": "pick",
      "player_name": null,
      "position": null,
      "pick_year": 1962,
      "pick_round": 1,
      "original_club": "CLE",
      "pick_number": 11,
      "status": "resolved",
      "resolved_player": "Leroy Jackson",
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "1962 #11 (Leroy Jackson). Traded CLE->WAS 1961-12-16.",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "player-bobby-mitchell",
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      "player_name": "Bobby Mitchell",
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      "pick_year": null,
      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "unresolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "",
      "unverified": false
    },
    {
      "id": "player-ernie-davis",
      "kind": "player",
      "player_name": "Ernie Davis",
      "position": "RB",
      "pick_year": null,
      "pick_round": null,
      "original_club": null,
      "pick_number": null,
      "status": "unresolved",
      "resolved_player": null,
      "condition": null,
      "notes": "Draft rights only; died before playing.",
      "unverified": false
    }
  ],
  "links": []
}