Trade 1
September 5, 1950
Detroit Lions received Bill Schroll / Chuck Schroll / Charley Schroll.
NFL Trade History
TradeVerdicts connects Bill Schroll / Chuck Schroll / Charley Schroll to 3 exact public NFL transactions involving Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, and Green Bay Packers.
Player Transaction Context
This profile follows Bill Schroll / Chuck Schroll / Charley Schroll across 3 recorded transactions from September 5, 1950 through September 20, 1951. Each connection below comes from the database relationship for that transaction rather than a name-only search.
Trade 1
Detroit Lions received Bill Schroll / Chuck Schroll / Charley Schroll.
Trade 2
The player-to-trade relationship is explicit in the database, although the canonical asset line does not contain an exact normalized name match for Bill Schroll / Chuck Schroll / Charley Schroll.
Open the complete trade analysisTrade 3
The player-to-trade relationship is explicit in the database, although the canonical asset line does not contain an exact normalized name match for Bill Schroll / Chuck Schroll / Charley Schroll.
Open the complete trade analysisAcross this profile, the recorded verdicts are Detroit Lions Win; Cleveland Browns Win. The timeline spans 1950–1951 and 3 represented teams.
How to Read This Profile
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
Trade 1 of 3
Cleveland received Detroit's 1951 ninth-round pick, used on Burl Toler, and twelfth-round pick, used on Milan Seillers. Neither selection produced an NFL regular-season career for Cleveland: Toler's playing career ended after a serious knee injury, and Seillers also recorded no NFL regular-season service. The Browns therefore converted two outgoing players into draft capital that produced no on-field return.
Trade 2 of 3
Cleveland and Detroit completed a ten-asset exchange on June 12, 1951. The Browns received Charley Schroll, Ed Wood, Detroit's 1952 first- and sixteenth-round picks, and cash. The Lions received Jim Martin, Ed Pasky, Tom Lucia, Lowell Tew, and Dave Rakestraw. The draft selections became No. 10 Bert Rechichar and No. 189 Herb Neathery. Detroit's veteran package produced the stronger overall football value.
Trade 3 of 3
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.