Dallas acquired veteran defensive back Dick Nolan from New…

The archival record supports a straight player-for-pick transaction with no additional consideration. Pro Sports Transactions identifies Dallas' 1963 fifth-round choice, No. 62 overall, as the pick sent to New York for Dick Nolan on February 9, 1962. Dallas' own historical draft ledger says its 1963 fifth-round choice was traded to New York for Nolan, and the Giants' draft history identifies Dave Hill at No. 62 as a choice received from Dallas. The legacy row's two undisclosed-consideration placeholders are therefore removed.

Nolan gave Dallas immediate playing value. The Cowboys' official history says Tom Landry brought his former Giants teammate to Dallas in 1962 as a player-coach. Pro Football Reference lists Nolan as the Cowboys' starting free safety in all 11 games he played that season. He did not record an interception, but he recovered a fumble and provided a veteran presence in a young secondary. Eleven starts are meaningful realized value from a future fifth-round pick even before considering the staff role that followed.

The coaching continuation makes the acquisition more distinctive, although TradeVerdicts does not need to rely on coaching value to decide the player-for-pick comparison. Dallas' official retrospective says Nolan moved to the sideline full time in 1963 and stayed on Landry's staff for five more seasons before becoming San Francisco's head coach in 1968. That work was not a separate trade asset, but it shows the acquired veteran remained valuable to the organization after his playing career ended.

New York used the acquired fifth-round pick on Auburn tackle Dave Hill. Giants draft history explicitly marks Hill's No. 62 selection as coming from Dallas. Hill then chose the Kansas City Chiefs, who had selected him in the AFL draft, rather than playing for the Giants. NFL career records show all 150 of Hill's professional regular-season games from 1963 through 1974 with Kansas City. He eventually became a long-term Chiefs starter, but none of that production can be credited to New York because the Giants never controlled him as an NFL contributor.

The hindsight result therefore favors Dallas clearly. The Cowboys received 11 starts from Nolan and then retained him as a coach, while the Giants' fifth-round choice produced no regular-season game for New York. Hill's excellent Kansas City career is irrelevant to the Giants' realized return. A B+ for Dallas and D for New York reflects that gap without pretending Nolan's one playing season alone was star-level production.