Kansas City received Bobby Ply and got six seasons of useful…
Kansas City received Bobby Ply and got six seasons of useful secondary depth: 73 games for the Texans/Chiefs, eight starts and nine interceptions, including seven picks during the 1962 AFL championship season. New York got no regular-season games from Ted Greene, who was cut in camp, but Sid Fournet gave the Titans/Jets 28 games and 20 starts over two seasons. Both sides found value, but Kansas City's longer return earns B+ to B-.
Kansas City Chiefs Received
- player Bobby Ply
New York Jets Received
- player Ted Green
- player Sid Fournet
Trade Analysis
The Exchange
On Christmas Day 1961, New York sent the AFL rights to rookie defensive back Bobby Ply to the Dallas Texans for veteran linebacker Ted Greene and guard Sid Fournet. The trade can be evaluated cleanly because all three players' receiving-team outcomes are identifiable. Ply became a long-term Dallas/Kansas City secondary piece, while New York got one durable lineman and one veteran who never reached the regular-season roster.
Kansas City Chiefs Return
Kansas City received the transaction's strongest asset. Pro Football Archives credits Ply with 73 regular-season games for the Texans/Chiefs from 1962 through the first three games of 1967 and eight starts. NFL statistics credit him with nine interceptions for the franchise. Seven came as a rookie in 1962, when Dallas won the AFL championship, and he added interceptions in 1964 and 1966. He was not a full-time starter, but six seasons of secondary depth and takeaway production is substantial value.
New York Titans/Jets Return
New York's two-player package produced one real contributor. Fournet played all 14 games in both 1962 and 1963, starting six in 1962 and all 14 in 1963 for 28 appearances and 20 starts. Greene did not create regular-season value for the Titans. He was on New York's preseason roster but was released in August 1962 after refusing a pay cut, then returned to Dallas later that season. His four 1962 Texans games cannot be credited to New York.
Value in Hindsight
The gap is meaningful but not enormous. Fournet gave New York two full seasons on the offensive line and became a full-time starter in 1963, so the Titans/Jets did not lose this trade badly. Kansas City's advantage comes from Ply's much longer tenure, nine interceptions and contribution to two AFL championship seasons. Greene's zero New York games also leaves Fournet carrying the entire Jets side of the exchange.
Final Verdict
Kansas City rises from C to B+ and New York from C to B-, changing the verdict from Even Trade to Kansas City Chiefs Win. The B+ recognizes six seasons, 73 games and nine interceptions without treating Ply as a star-level full-time starter. New York's B- properly credits Fournet's 28 games and 20 starts while accounting for Greene's failure to reach the regular season.