New York Yanks
Historical trade records for the defunct New York Yanks football franchise.
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Cleveland Browns received 1951 seventh round pick (#82-Irv Holdash). Cleveland received the 1951 seventh-round No. 82 choice and used it on Irv Holdash. Holdash did not establish an NFL regular-season career, so the pick produced little realized league value for the Browns. The draft asset was legitimate, but its downstream football result was minimal.
Detroit sent Bob Mann to the New York Yanks in early August 1950 as the replacement payment for Bobby Layne after fullback Camp Wilson, the player in the original April agreement, refused to report. Green Bay's official history of Mann confirms that sequence. Layne became a Hall of Fame quarterback and championship centerpiece in Detroit, while Mann was released by New York before the regular season.
Detroit acquired Bobby Layne from the New York Yanks on April 8, 1950. The initial return was fullback Camp Wilson, but Wilson refused to report, and Detroit later substituted receiver Bob Mann as the payment. Layne became the defining quarterback of Detroit’s championship era, helping the Lions win NFL titles in 1952, 1953, and 1957. Even accounting for the changed compensation, Detroit won decisively.
Detroit secured the rights to Doak Walker after the 1948 season by sending the rights to quarterback Johnny Rauch to the Yanks. A Packers historical account says the Yanks also included a second player whose identity is not given and who was waived before the season. Walker then starred for Detroit from 1950 through 1955 and reached five Pro Bowls, making the Lions the decisive winner.
Detroit sold Dave Smukler's playing rights to the Boston Yanks in 1944 for cash. Smukler never appeared for the Lions after Detroit acquired his rights, then played only two games with one start for Boston, rushing twice for seven yards. The sale price is not identified in the available record, leaving the existing C+/C+ grades and Even Trade verdict reasonable.