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Skip Butler to the Dallas Cowboys
August 16, 1978 · Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions
This trade is the root of the Skip Butler (1978) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.
The trade
Detroit Lions receives
- a 1979 eleventh-round pick (No. 302, became Eddie Cole)
Trade context
The Lions acquired kicker Skip Butler from the Cowboys for Dallas' 1979 eleventh-round pick.
Full trade terms
On August 16, 1978, Dallas Cowboys sent a 1979 eleventh-round pick (No. 302, became Eddie Cole) to Detroit Lions for K Skip Butler.
What the assets did next
- a 1979 eleventh-round pick (No. 302, became Eddie Cole) — no other recorded trade.
- K Skip Butler — no other recorded trade.
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