Baltimore acquired veteran offensive tackle Dick Yelvington…

The strongest sources correct both the player identity and the structure of this transaction. Baltimore's 1958 media guide identifies the incoming tackle as Dick Yelvington, not Dick Yelverton, and says the Colts obtained him from the New York Giants for a future draft choice. Pro Sports Transactions records the same offseason move on an approximate January 1, 1958 date, with Yelvington going to Baltimore and undisclosed terms going back to New York. The legacy TradeVerdicts row therefore duplicated generic consideration on both sides and used the wrong surname spelling. Those placeholders are removed in favor of one player asset and one future draft choice whose exact round and downstream selection remain unknown. Yelvington was not a fringe player when New York moved him. Pro Football Reference records 62 games and 61 starts over six Giants seasons from 1952 through 1957. He started all 12 games at right tackle for the 1956 NFL champions and eight more in 1957. Baltimore's own 1958 guide described him as a six-year Giant who would compete for an offensive-line job, confirming that the Colts viewed the trade as an attempt to add an experienced starter. The attempted value did not become regular-season production. Pro Football Reference lists 1957 as Yelvington's final NFL season and records no Colts games. Contemporary 1958 Giants coverage likewise lists him among the missing veterans from the prior roster. That means Baltimore surrendered future draft consideration for a player who never appeared in a regular-season game for the club. New York's exact return cannot be traced beyond the future-pick description. TradeVerdicts therefore does not assign a round, selection number or drafted player that the sources do not establish. Even with that limitation, the direction of the hindsight result is clear enough: Baltimore realized zero regular-season games, while New York at least converted the rights to a veteran whose playing career had ended into a draft asset. The Giants receive a C+ and the Colts a D, producing a New York Giants Win verdict. Confidence is medium because the player identity, team pairing and zero Colts production are strong, but the precise draft compensation remains unresolved.