Indianapolis Colts–Kansas City Chiefs Trade History
TradeVerdicts records 3 trades between
Indianapolis Colts and Kansas City Chiefs across 1972–1980. Historical
franchise identities are normalized to the current franchises here,
while each underlying trade keeps its own sourced date, assets,
grades, and verdict.
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3 Recorded Trades
Oldest to newest
Trade 1
July 23, 1972
Indianapolis Colts Win
Indianapolis ColtsB-
Kansas City ChiefsC+
Indianapolis Colts received
1973 third round pick (#67-Bob Crum) [later traded to Cleveland Browns for Fred Hoaglin]
Kansas City Chiefs received
Eldridge Dickey
Baltimore sent Eldridge Dickey to Kansas City on July 23, 1972, for the Chiefs' 1973 third-round pick, later No. 67 overall. The Colts then sent that selection to Cleveland for center Fred Hoaglin; Cleveland used No. 67 on Bob Crum. Dickey never appeared in another NFL game, while Hoaglin played all 14 games for Baltimore in 1973, giving the Colts the better return.
Baltimore acquired Hall of Fame linebacker Willie Lanier, but Lanier never played a regular-season game for the Colts. He announced his retirement in July 1978, three months after the trade, so Baltimore received no on-field return from the veteran acquisition. The hindsight grade is C, with the overall verdict recorded as Even Trade.
The Colts acquired Mark Bailey from Kansas City for a 1980 fifth-round pick, No. 114. Kansas City used that selection on wide receiver Carlos Carson, who became a two-time Pro Bowler, produced 6,360 receiving yards for the Chiefs and later entered the club's Hall of Honor. Bailey did not provide Indianapolis with anything close to that level of service. Turning a fifth-round return into a long-term featured receiver gives Kansas City a decisive win.
