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The “trade” that sent Don Shula to the Miami Dolphins from the Colts

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 10: Head coach Don Shula (center) of the Miami Dolphins talks with the media in the lockerroom after a game on December 10, 1972 against the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. (Photo by: Kidwiler Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images)

The best trade between the Miami Dolphins and the Colts changed history.

There has been a few trades between the Miami Dolphins and the Indianapolis and Baltimore Colts but none had the impact of the trade that would change the course of history in Miami.

We need to go all the way back to 1970 when Don Shula was coming off an embarrassing Super Bowl loss to the New York Jets that was hosted in Miami.