Baltimore received the disputed 1960 ninth-round selection…
Baltimore received the disputed 1960 ninth-round selection associated with Don Perkins and later obtained a 1962 compensatory ninth-round pick after Perkins was ruled Dallas property. Philadelphia received Jimmy Carr. Surviving sources do not fully resolve the original date, pick number or downstream attribution, so the record preserves that uncertainty. The documented returns do not support a clear winner, leaving the trade even.
Indianapolis Colts Received
- pick 1960 ninth round pick (#106- Don Perkins (Anthony) ) (awarded 1962 ninth round pick (#116-Roy Walker) after Perkins was ruled property of Cowboys)
Philadelphia Eagles Received
- player Jimmy Carr
Trade Analysis
What Baltimore Colts Received
Baltimore Colts side of the legacy row is recorded as 1960 ninth round pick (#106-Don Perkins (Anthony)) (awarded 1962 ninth round pick (#116-Roy Walker) after Perkins was ruled property of Cowboys). That label is treated as archival transaction metadata where the source trail remains conflicted, rather than as an uncontested assertion about every date or downstream identity. This legacy row combines the Jimmy Carr transaction with the later Don Perkins rights ruling and compensatory draft trail, and surviving sources disagree on the date and exact 1960 ninth-round pick number. The Colts ledger does confirm that Perkins rights ultimately belonged to Dallas and Baltimore received later compensation. Perkins became a franchise-level Cowboys runner, producing the clearest realized value in the chain.
What Philadelphia Eagles Received
Philadelphia Eagles side is recorded as Jimmy Carr. The evaluation uses only value that can be supported through team history, player records, draft ledgers, or contemporary reporting. It does not assign extra credit for a pick or player merely because a later reconstruction lists a possible connection. The key archival limitation is material and is preserved here instead of silently converting a disputed date, player identity, or downstream draft attribution into fact.
Who Won the Trade?
The trade stays in the even range because the reliable historical evidence does not create enough separation to justify a decisive winner. That is a deliberate verdict, not a missing evaluation. The grades are therefore tied to the documented football return and not to the unresolved archival question.
Historical Context
Transactions from this era often survive through partial team ledgers, newspaper accounts, player transaction logs and reconstructed draft tables rather than one modern transaction database. For this record, those sources are strong enough to publish a complete reader-facing verdict as long as the uncertainty is stated directly. The result is a full evaluation of the recorded exchange without inventing precision the historical record cannot support.