Arizona Cardinals received rights to Chuck Ulrich and 1953…
Arizona Cardinals received rights to Chuck Ulrich and 1953 sixth round pick (#70-Tom Higgins). The Cardinals received the rights to Chuck Ulrich plus Philadelphia's 1953 sixth-round choice. The pick became Tom Higgins, who started 10 games for the Cardinals as a rookie in 1953. That traced draft outcome gives Arizona a substantial, concrete return even without overstating the uncertain parts of the older pick chain.
Arizona Cardinals Received
- other rights to Chuck Ulrich
- pick 1953 sixth round pick (#70-Tom Higgins)
Philadelphia Eagles Received
- player Tom Wham
- player Knox Ramsey
Trade Analysis
The Exchange
On 1952-04-29, Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles completed a trade in which Arizona Cardinals received rights to Chuck Ulrich and 1953 sixth round pick (#70-Tom Higgins), while Philadelphia Eagles received Tom Wham and Knox Ramsey. This review credits only value the acquiring team actually realized and traces later assets only when the downstream connection is supportable.
Arizona Cardinals Return
The Cardinals received the rights to Chuck Ulrich plus Philadelphia's 1953 sixth-round choice. The pick became Tom Higgins, who started 10 games for the Cardinals as a rookie in 1953. That traced draft outcome gives Arizona a substantial, concrete return even without overstating the uncertain parts of the older pick chain.
Philadelphia Eagles Return
Philadelphia received Tom Wham and Knox Ramsey. Ramsey played only three games with one start for the Eagles in 1952 before continuing elsewhere, and the package did not produce a comparable long-term Philadelphia contributor. The Eagles received some short-term roster value, but much less than Arizona's traced pick outcome.
Value in Hindsight
The sixth-round pick becoming a 10-start Cardinals rookie creates the strongest realized result in the deal, while Philadelphia's incoming players supplied only limited short-term service. Unidentified picks, cash amounts, or future consideration remain explicit rather than being converted into a guessed player or value. That keeps the comparison tied to documented outcomes instead of the apparent value of the names at the time of the trade.
Where the surviving record is incomplete, the evaluation stays deliberately conservative: documented games, starts, production, and traceable asset outcomes receive credit, while unsupported assumptions about hidden consideration or later careers do not.
Final Verdict
Arizona Cardinals Win. Arizona Cardinals earns a B, while Philadelphia Eagles earns a D+. The grades reflect the actual post-trade service, production, and traceable downstream value described above.