Green Bay traded defensive back Dave Hathcock to the New York…
Green Bay traded defensive back Dave Hathcock to the New York Giants on September 11, 1967 for New York's 1968 tenth-round draft choice. The Packers used that No. 260 selection on defensive lineman Rick Cash. Hathcock appeared in six games for the Giants and handled return work, while Cash never played a regular-season game for Green Bay, giving New York the stronger realized return from this small exchange.
Green Bay Packers Received
- pick 1968 tenth-round pick (#260-Rick Cash)
New York Giants Received
- player Dave Hathcock
Trade Analysis
The supported transaction is straightforward and does not include the extra undisclosed-consideration entries in the legacy row. Green Bay's historical material says the Packers dealt second-year defensive back Dave Hathcock to the New York Giants on September 11, 1967 for a draft choice. The Packers' later media guides identify that return more precisely as New York's 1968 tenth-round pick. Pro Sports Transactions' 1968 draft-trade ledger agrees and maps the choice to No. 260, Rick Cash. Those sources support a simple player-for-pick structure, so the unsupported additional consideration is removed from both sides.
New York received limited but measurable regular-season value. Pro Football Reference lists Hathcock in six games for the 1967 Giants. He did not start a game or record an interception, but he contributed on returns, taking 14 kickoffs for 315 yards and three punts for seven yards. That is not enough to turn the transaction into a major Giants success, yet it is real service from a player acquired just before the regular season. The Giants therefore received more than a camp look or a transaction-paper asset.
Green Bay converted the future choice into Cash, a defensive lineman from Northeast Missouri State, with the 260th pick of the 1968 draft. The Packers' official draft history explicitly marks that selection as coming from the Giants for Hathcock. Cash did have a legitimate professional career: Pro Football Reference credits him with 64 NFL games across Atlanta, Los Angeles and New England. None of those regular-season games came for Green Bay. He was a Packers draft asset and camp candidate, but his later production for other clubs should not be credited back to the Packers' side of this trade.
That leaves a modest New York advantage. The Giants received six games plus return production from Hathcock, while Green Bay's acquired draft choice became a player who produced no Packers regular-season value. A C+ for New York and C- for Green Bay keeps the grades proportional to a minor exchange. The result is a New York Giants Win, but the gap is deliberately small because Hathcock's Giants tenure was brief and Cash's selection still represented legitimate tenth-round draft value when the trade was made.