Arizona Cardinals received 1953 ninth round draft choice…
Arizona Cardinals received 1953 ninth round draft choice (possibly #99-Ed Husmann). The Cardinals received Washington's 1953 ninth-round choice. The current record identifies the downstream selection only as possibly No. 99 Ed Husmann, and that qualification must remain. Arizona therefore received a real draft asset, but its exact player outcome cannot be treated as certain.
Arizona Cardinals Received
- pick 1953 ninth round draft choice (possibly #99-Ed Husmann)
Washington Commanders Received
- player Jerry Hennessey
Trade Analysis
The Exchange
On 1952-09-25, Arizona Cardinals and Washington Commanders completed a trade in which Arizona Cardinals received 1953 ninth round draft choice (possibly #99-Ed Husmann), while Washington Commanders received Jerry Hennessey. 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 Washington's 1953 ninth-round choice. The current record identifies the downstream selection only as possibly No. 99 Ed Husmann, and that qualification must remain. Arizona therefore received a real draft asset, but its exact player outcome cannot be treated as certain.
Washington Commanders Return
Washington received Jerry Hennessey, who appears on the Commanders' all-time roster for both 1952 and 1953. That gives Washington at least two seasons of direct roster service from the acquired player. His actual Washington tenure is more concrete than the unresolved identity of the Cardinals' draft choice.
Value in Hindsight
Washington has the clearer verified football outcome because Hennessey delivered two seasons of team service, while Arizona's real ninth-round asset cannot yet be tied definitively to a specific player. 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
Washington Commanders Win. Arizona Cardinals earns a C+, while Washington Commanders earns a B-. The grades reflect the actual post-trade service, production, and traceable downstream value described above.