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Tom Blanchard to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

July 1, 1979 · New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

This trade is the root of the Tom Blanchard (1979) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.

The trade

New Orleans Saints receives

  • a 1981 sixth-round pick (No. 144, became Johnnie Poe)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers receives

  • P Tom Blanchard

Trade context

The Buccaneers acquired punter Tom Blanchard from the Saints for a 1981 sixth-round pick.

Full trade terms

On July 1, 1979, New Orleans Saints sent P Tom Blanchard to Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 1981 sixth-round pick (No. 144, became Johnnie Poe).

What the assets did next

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