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Glenn Davis to the Los Angeles Rams

September 15, 1947 · Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams

This trade is the root of the Glenn Davis (1947) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.

The trade

Detroit Lions receives

  • a 1948 first-round pick (No. 6, became Y.A. Tittle)

Los Angeles Rams receives

  • HB Glenn Davis

Trade context

Detroit traded the rights to Glenn Davis to the Los Angeles Rams for a 1948 first-round draft pick (No. 6, Y.A. Tittle).

Full trade terms

On September 15, 1947, Detroit Lions sent HB Glenn Davis to Los Angeles Rams for a 1948 first-round pick (No. 6, became Y.A. Tittle).

What the assets did next

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