4. BRETT FAVRE
Drafted by the Falcons in 1991, Favre was traded to the Green Bay Packers on February 10, 1992 (a day that will live in Falcon infamy) for the 19th pick in the 92 NFL Draft.
Yes, I have heard Favre say how that he wasn’t serious about training etc…, and that the trade woke him up to getting serious about football. However, there’s more to it than that.
Atlanta coach Jerry “The Genius” Glanville did not want to draft Favre to begin with, so Brett started out in the dog house. If you wound up in Jerry’s dog house – you never got out, unless, of course, you were willing to engage in fisticuffs with the coaches, or perhaps kick a team-mate where the sun don’t shine.
Glanville admitted “it would take a plane crash” for him to put Favre into the game. Brett only attempted four passes in his career at Atlanta. The rest is history – for Favre and Glanville.
Alright already! So I’m a bitter Falcon’s fan!
3. JOHN ELWAY.
Big John was drafted #1 overall in the 1983 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts before being traded to the Denver Broncos for Mark Hermann, Chris Hinton and a 1st round pick in 1984.
Elway publicly stated that he would refuse to join the Colts organization, feeling the team could not allow him to be successful. He threatened that if they did not trade him he would play baseball.
Colts owner Robert Irsay capitulated. He traded a legend – a future Hall of Famer.
One year later, March 28, 1984, on a snowy Baltimorenight, Robert Irsay slipped away under the cover of darkness and took the team that Unitas built to Indy.
2. WAYNE GRETZKY
On August 9, 1988, the Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings for I could care less who was on the other side of the deal.
I wouldn’t trade Gretzky for Spider Man, much less some bunch of mortals. Are you kidding me?
Do you know how much a kid learns about hockey growing up in South Georgia? ZERO – with the circle erased. But along came The Great One and kids were playing hockey on asphalt roads in roller-skates
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Sure the Oilers won another cup, but the five mortals he was traded for scored a total of 223 points. Gretzky, meanwhile, scored 918 points.
You don’t trade a Gretzky.
1. BABE RUTH
On January 3, 1920, the Boston Red Sox traded Pitcher/Outfielder George Herman Ruth to the New York Yankees for Cash.
It would take a book to list his accomplishments, but nothing really needs to be said here. Boston has just recently escaped the curse of the Bambino.
No doubt about it, the worst trade in sports history!
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