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Don King to the Green Bay Packers
April 29, 1956 · Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers
This trade is the root of the Don King (1956) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.
The trade
Cleveland Browns receives
- a 1957 fifth-round pick (No. 52, became Henry Jordan)
Green Bay Packers receives
- DT Don King
- G Gene Donaldson
Trade context
The Packers acquired tackle Don King and guard Gene Donaldson from the Browns for a 1957 fifth-round pick.
Full trade terms
On April 29, 1956, Cleveland Browns sent DT Don King and G Gene Donaldson to Green Bay Packers for a 1957 fifth-round pick (No. 52, became Henry Jordan).
What the assets did next
- DT Don King — no other recorded trade.
- G Gene Donaldson — no other recorded trade.
- a 1957 fifth-round pick (No. 52, became Henry Jordan) — no other recorded trade.
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