Green Bay traded quarterback Dick Flowers to Baltimore on…

The legacy row obscured the actual structure by treating Tommy Allman as though he were a player directly traded from Baltimore to Green Bay. The surviving transaction record supports a clearer sequence. On August 27, 1953, Green Bay traded rookie quarterback Dick Flowers to the Baltimore Colts for a 1954 draft choice. A contemporary newspaper account reports the player-for-pick transaction, while Packers historical material identifies the realized compensation as the Baltimore-derived fourth-round selection that became No. 40 overall. Green Bay used that pick on West Virginia fullback Tommy Allman in the January 1954 draft. Packers draft records and the club's 1954 media guide both list Allman as the fourth-round selection. The correct asset structure is therefore Flowers to Baltimore and the 1954 fourth-round choice to Green Bay, with Allman as the downstream draftee rather than a player sent by the Colts. The realized football outcomes were limited on both sides. Flowers made one regular-season appearance for Baltimore in 1953. Colts statistics and Pro Football Reference show him completing two of four passes for 18 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. He did not become a long-term quarterback option, and that single game was the extent of his NFL career. Green Bay converted the acquired selection into Allman, a productive college fullback and blocker, but the Packers did not receive regular-season NFL production from him. Draft and player records show no NFL regular-season games for Allman. That leaves Green Bay with a legitimate fourth-round opportunity that did not turn into an on-field contributor, while Baltimore received one game of reserve-quarterback use. Neither side generated enough realized value to support a convincing hindsight winner. An Even Trade verdict with C grades for both clubs is a conservative fit. Confidence in the transaction structure is high because the August 1953 report, Packers history, Packers draft records, Colts statistics and player records align on the player-for-pick sequence. The key correction is structural and chronological: Flowers was the player Baltimore acquired on August 27, 1953, while Allman was the player Green Bay later selected with the acquired 1954 choice.