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Dick Absher to the Philadelphia Eagles

September 15, 1972 · New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles

This trade is the root of the Dick Absher (1972) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.

The trade

New Orleans Saints receives

  • a 1975 fourth-round pick (No. 92, became John Starkebaum)

Philadelphia Eagles receives

  • LB Dick Absher

Trade context

Saints trade Dick Absher to the Eagles for a 1975 fourth-round pick.

Full trade terms

On September 15, 1972, New Orleans Saints sent LB Dick Absher to Philadelphia Eagles for a 1975 fourth-round pick (No. 92, became John Starkebaum).

What the assets did next

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