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Don Gillis to the Chicago Cardinals
August 29, 1958 · Chicago Cardinals, Cleveland Browns
This trade is the root of the Don Gillis (1958) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.
The trade
Chicago Cardinals receives
Cleveland Browns receives
- a 1959 eighth-round pick (No. 87, became Bob Ptacek)
Trade context
The Browns traded Don Gillis to the Cardinals for a conditional 1959 eighth-round pick, which Cleveland used on Bob Ptacek.
Full trade terms
On August 29, 1958, Chicago Cardinals sent a 1959 eighth-round pick (No. 87, became Bob Ptacek) to Cleveland Browns for C Don Gillis.
What the assets did next
- a 1959 eighth-round pick (No. 87, became Bob Ptacek) — no other recorded trade.
- C Don Gillis — no other recorded trade.
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