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Errol Linden to the Cleveland Browns

September 15, 1961 · Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions

This trade is the root of the Errol Linden (1961) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.

The trade

Cleveland Browns receives

  • Errol Linden

Detroit Lions receives

  • a 1962 eighth-round pick (No. 109, became Frank Imperiale)

Trade context

Lions traded Errol Linden to the Browns for a 1962 8th-round pick.

Full trade terms

On September 15, 1961, Cleveland Browns sent a 1962 eighth-round pick (No. 109, became Frank Imperiale) to Detroit Lions for Errol Linden.

What the assets did next

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