Trade 1
September 20, 1951
Green Bay Packers received Ace Loomis.
NFL Trade History
Ace Loomis NFL Trade History
TradeVerdicts connects Ace Loomis to 2 exact public NFL transactions involving Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers.
2 Recorded trades
2 Teams represented
1951–1952 Trade-history span
Player Transaction Context
Why Ace Loomis Appears in the Trade Database
This profile follows Ace Loomis across 2 recorded transactions from September 20, 1951 through May 21, 1952. Each connection below comes from the database relationship for that transaction rather than a name-only search.
Trade 2
May 21, 1952
Cleveland Browns received Ace Loomis.
Across this profile, the recorded verdicts are Cleveland Browns Win; Even Trade. The timeline spans 1951–1952 and 2 represented teams.
How to Read This Profile
Trade History Overview
Every transaction below comes from an explicit player-to-trade relationship in the TradeVerdicts database. Name-only substring matching is not used.
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Chronological Timeline
2 Recorded Trades
Trade 1 of 2
Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers
Cleveland Browns received rights to Bob Gain and 1952 fourth round pick (#39-Elmer Costa). Cleveland received the rights to Bob Gain plus the 1952 fourth-round No. 39 choice used on Elmer Costa. Gain became the centerpiece, playing 126 Browns games with 122 starts and earning multiple Pro Bowl selections. The pick added a second identifiable asset, making Cleveland's realized return both deep and long-lived.
Assets Received
Cleveland Browns
- Other rights to Bob Gain
- Pick 1952 fourth round pick (#39-Elmer Costa)
Green Bay Packers
- Player Dan Orlich
- Player Charlie Schroll / Bill Schroll
- Player Ace Loomis
- Player Dom Moselle
Team Grades
Trade 2 of 2
Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers
Cleveland Browns received Ace Loomis. Cleveland received Ace Loomis, but he did not play a regular-season game for the Browns in 1952 and was later claimed back by Green Bay. His established Packers production before and after the transaction cannot be credited to Cleveland, leaving the Browns with essentially no direct regular-season return.
Assets Received
Cleveland Browns
- Player Ace Loomis
Green Bay Packers
- Player Tony Adamle
- Player Don Phelps