Earl Morrall (1957-1958) trade tree

On October 7, 1958, Pittsburgh Steelers sent QB Earl Morrall, a 1959 second-round pick (No. 19, became Mike Rabold), and a 1960 fourth-round pick (No. 42, became Roger Brown) to Detroit Lions for QB Bobby Layne.

Hall of FamerBlockbuster score: 628,450 · #21 of 3,307 trades

3 trades 15 assets October 7, 1958 first trade Follow: Threads · X · Instagram · TikTok · YouTube

Trade Custody Map

Pan and zoom the graph to explore how draft picks and players moved across trades. Click any node to highlight its chain.

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Connected trees 3 connected trees — picks that became players, players whose picks traveled

Drafted with picks from this tree

Bobby Layne was drafted with the No. 3 pick in 1948 — that pick’s journey: Bill Dudley (1947) trade tree.

Picks in this tree became

The No. 19 pick in 1959 became Mike Rabold — his later trades.
The No. 42 pick in 1960 became Roger Brown — his later trades.

How the assets moved 2 multi-stop asset chains — assets that moved on through more than one trade in this tree

QB Bobby Layne moved from New York to Detroit on August 4, 1950, then to Pittsburgh on October 7, 1958.
QB Earl Morrall moved from San Francisco to Pittsburgh on September 16, 1957, then to Detroit on October 7, 1958.