Minnesota acquired Jerry Reichow in a deal that sent its 1962…
Minnesota acquired Jerry Reichow in a deal that sent its 1962 seventh-round selection, No. 86, to Philadelphia. Vikings draft history confirms the pick was part of the Reichow transaction, while the exact execution date remains unavailable and the January 1 date functions as an archival placeholder. Reichow supplied Minnesota with multiple seasons of receiving value, giving the Vikings a substantial documented player return.
Minnesota Vikings Received
- player Jerry Reichow
Philadelphia Eagles Received
- pick 1962 seventh round pick (#86-Jim Perkins)
Trade Analysis
What Minnesota Vikings Received
Minnesota Vikings side of the legacy row is recorded as Jerry Reichow. 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. Minnesota official draft history confirms that its 1962 seventh-round choice, No. 86, went to Philadelphia in the Jerry Reichow deal. The exact execution date remains unavailable and the January 1 date in the legacy row functions as an archival placeholder. Reichow nevertheless supplied Minnesota multiple seasons of receiving value, giving the Vikings the clearer realized return.
What Philadelphia Eagles Received
Philadelphia Eagles side is recorded as 1962 seventh round pick (#86-Jim Perkins). 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?
Minnesota Vikings receives the edge because the strongest documented outcome belongs to that side of the exchange. Philadelphia Eagles still receives credit for the consideration it actually obtained, but the known realized value is less substantial. 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.