Event Date: August 19th, 1982
Event Description: Gold Pursue Knapple
Source: United Press International
The owner of the United State Football League's Denver Gold said he plans to meet with an agent next week to negotiate a contract for former Denver Broncos quarterback Jeff Knapple, whose rights were acquired in a trade with Boston.
Ron Blanding, owner of the Denver franchise, said his team traded the rights to two former Colorado State running backs to the USFL's Boston franchise for the rights to Knapple.
Knapple, who played for both Colorado and Northern Colorado, was at Calgary in the Canadian League last year. His USFL rights went to Boston in the territorial and random allocation of players held recently by the league.
“We wanted Knapple, and we worked very hard to get him,” Blanding said. Blanding said he expected to meet with Knapple's agent next week “to talk contract.”
The Knapple trade materialized after Boston came to terms with former NFL quarterback Mike Livingston. Boston personnel director Tom Marino said his franchise initially wanted the rights to four Denver players in exchange for Knapple, but lowered the price after signing Livingston.
“We had been dealing with Livingston too,” Blanding said. “But we wanted Knapple more than Livingston because of his local appeal and because he has worked with Red (Denver Gold coach Red Miller) before.”
(Story UPI)
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