Chris Hinton

From: NY Times

SPORTS PEOPLE; Best Deal Sought

Published: May 5, 1983

Dick Lynn, the attorney representing Chris Hinton, met yesterday with Bruce Allen, the general manager of the Chicago Blitz, to discuss a contract for Hinton.

Hinton is the former offensive lineman from Northwestern and the Denver Broncos' first-round draft choice whose rights were sent to Baltimore in the John Elway deal. Lynn said that he would meet today with the Colts' owner, Robert Irsay. ''I'm going to get the best offer from each team and then we'll make a decision,'' Lynn said.

From: Sports Illustrated, 1983

Published: May 16th, 1983

... One way the Colts could yet come up empty is if Hinton refuses to sign with them. After drafting Hinton, the Broncos had brought him to Denver, showed him the city and decked him out in cowboy boots. The subsequent trade to the Colts distressed Hinton's agent, Dick Lynn, who grumbled, "He's gone from cowboy boots to lobster and crab cakes in one week." Although Hinton indicated he'd probably sign with the Colts, he was also talking to the Chicago Blitz in the USFL and making sly comments calculated to send here-we-go-again tremors through the Colt organization. In a nicely satirical reference to Elway's bargaining tactics, Hinton told one TV interviewer, "I don't have to play for the Colts. I can play in the USFL, and I have another option—I'm an amateur tennis player."

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the Sunday Star in Wilmington, N.C.

St. Petersburg Times