Philadelphia acquired defensive end Bill Quinlan from New…
Philadelphia acquired defensive end Bill Quinlan from New York on April 26, 1963 for lineman Gene Gossage in a straight player-for-player leg of a three-team transaction. Quinlan played 11 games for the Eagles in 1963 and started seven. Gossage was waived by the Giants before the regular season, leaving Philadelphia with the only realized regular-season return from this exchange.
New York Giants Received
- player Gene Gossage
Philadelphia Eagles Received
- player Bill Quinlan
Trade Analysis
Contemporary Associated Press coverage resolves the direct New York-Philadelphia portion of this three-team transaction. Green Bay first sent Bill Quinlan and Johnny Symank to the Giants for a high draft choice. New York then immediately sent Quinlan to Philadelphia for Gene Gossage. No extra consideration was reported in the Giants-Eagles leg, so the duplicate undisclosed-consideration placeholders in the legacy TradeVerdicts row are removed and the exchange is normalized as Quinlan for Gossage. Philadelphia received a veteran who still had meaningful football left. NFL and Pro Football Reference records show Quinlan appearing in 11 games for the Eagles in 1963 and starting seven at defensive end. He recorded two sacks in the reconstructed defensive data and remained in the NFL through 1965, later playing for Detroit and Washington. The Eagles therefore received a real one-season starter from this specific trade. New York's return never made it to the regular season. Gossage had been a useful Philadelphia lineman, playing 40 games with 20 starts from 1960 through 1962, but contemporary September 1963 reports list him among the veterans waived when the Giants reduced their roster to 40 players. Pro Football Reference likewise shows no Giants regular-season season for Gossage; his NFL career ends with Philadelphia in 1962. The Giants' own historical player register notes him with the club in 1963, reflecting the offseason acquisition, but not a regular-season contribution. That produces a clear hindsight result even though the broader Green Bay-New York portion of the three-way transaction involved separate assets. For the direct Eagles-Giants exchange represented by this TradeVerdicts row, Philadelphia obtained 11 games and seven starts while New York obtained no regular-season games. The Eagles receive a B- for turning Gossage into a productive veteran starter. The Giants receive a D because their acquired player was waived before the season. TradeVerdicts records a Philadelphia Eagles win with high confidence because the AP transaction report and independent player-season records agree on both the terms and the realized outcome.