Trade 1
March 26, 1953
Indianapolis Colts received Gern Nagler.
NFL Trade History
Gern Nagler NFL Trade History
TradeVerdicts connects Gern Nagler to 3 exact public NFL transactions involving Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, and Pittsburgh Steelers.
3 Recorded trades
4 Teams represented
1953–1959 Trade-history span
Player Transaction Context
Why Gern Nagler Appears in the Trade Database
This profile follows Gern Nagler across 3 recorded transactions from March 26, 1953 through December 31, 1959. Each connection below comes from the database relationship for that transaction rather than a name-only search.
Trade 2
September 2, 1959
Pittsburgh Steelers received Gern Nagler.
Trade 3
December 31, 1959
Cleveland Browns received Gern Nagler.
Across this profile, the recorded verdicts are Cleveland Browns Win; Even Trade; Pittsburgh Steelers Win. The timeline spans 1953–1959 and 4 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
3 Recorded Trades
Trade 1 of 3
Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts
Cleveland and the new Baltimore Colts completed a 15-player trade in March 1953, one of the largest swaps in NFL history. Baltimore received 10 players, including Don Shula, Bert Rechichar and Carl Taseff. Cleveland's five-man return included future Hall of Fame tackle Mike McCormack, who became a cornerstone of championship Browns teams and gives Cleveland the decisive edge.
Assets Received
Indianapolis Colts
- Player Harry Agganis
- Player Dick Batten
- Player Gern Nagler
- Player Bert Rechichar
- Player Ed Sharkey
- Player Stu Sheetz
- Player Don Shula
- Player Art Spinney
- Player Carl Taseff
- Player Elmer Willhoite
Cleveland Browns
- Player Tom Catlin
- Player Don Colo
- Player Herschel Forester / Herschel Forrester
- Player Mike McCormack
- Player John Petitbon
Team Grades
Trade 2 of 3
Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh and the Cardinals exchanged Gern Nagler and Ken Hall around September 2, 1959, amid a quick sequence of late-summer player movement. Historical player records support the swap but do not reveal a durable value gap between the two returns. With neither side gaining a clearly superior long-term payoff, an Even Trade and matching C grades remain appropriate.
Assets Received
Pittsburgh Steelers
- Player Gern Nagler
Arizona Cardinals
- Player Ken Hall
Team Grades
Trade 3 of 3
Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh sent young quarterback Len Dawson and receiver Gern Nagler to Cleveland on New Year's Eve 1959 for defensive back Junior Wren and end Preston Carpenter. Dawson barely played for Cleveland before being released, while Nagler supplied two useful receiving seasons. Carpenter became a productive Steelers receiver and a 1962 Pro Bowler, giving Pittsburgh the better realized return despite Dawson's later Hall of Fame career elsewhere.
Assets Received
Pittsburgh Steelers
- Player Junior Wren
- Player Preston Carpenter
Cleveland Browns
- Player Len Dawson
- Player Gern Nagler