The 2012 Trade Period is upon us, and the Crows will play a big part as they try to secure a deal for Sydney-hopeful, Kurt Tippett.

This year, the exchange period runs for nearly three weeks. It started on Monday, October 8 and concludes at 2pm on Friday, October 26.

While list manager David Noble is busy wheeling and dealing, afc.com.au takes a look back at the Club's full trade history.

Please note: some of these trades involved more than two clubs. The names in brackets are those of the players eventually selected with the aforementioned draft pick. Data according to AFL Record Season Guide
 
1992 - Matthew Robran traded by Hawthorn for pick No.11 (Jonathon Robran); Stuart Wigney traded by Sydney for pick No.71 (Matthew Aston)
 
1993 - Brett Chalmers traded by Collingwood for pick No.34 (Stephen Patterson); Tony Hall traded by Hawthorn for pick No.17 (Angelo Lekkas)
 
1994 - Andrew McLeod traded by Fremantle for Chris Groom; Jason McCartney traded by Collingwood for pick No.9 (Ben Wilson) and No.53 (Mark Orchard); Matt Connell traded by West Coast for pick No.44 (Jeremy Dyer)
 
1995 - Darren Jarman traded by Hawthorn for pick No.25 (Daniel Chick); Kym Koster traded by Footscray for pick No.9 (Allen Jakovich); Troy Bond traded by Carlton for pick No.63 (Jacob Anstey); Peter Caven traded by Sydney for Paul Rouvray
 
1996 - Brett James traded by Collingwood for Jonathon Ross; Trent Ormond-Allen traded by Melbourne for pick No.83 (Ashley Gehling); Clay Sampson traded by Melbourne for Nick Pesch and Scott Hodges; Aaron Keating traded by Port Adelaide (also part of Hodges deal); Nick Laidlaw traded by Port Adelaide for David Brown; Barry Standfield traded by Footscray for pick No.23 (Jim Plunkett) and No.47 (Brett Montgomery)
 
1997 - Nathan Bassett traded by Melbourne for Matthew Collins and Brent Williams; Mark Stevens traded by North Melbourne for Jason McCartney; Ian Downsborough traded by Adelaide for Brett Chalmers
 
1998 - Nil
 
1999 - Matthew Clarke traded by Brisbane for pick No.6 (Damian Cupido) and No.21 (Scott Stevens); Scott Welsh traded by North Melbourne for pick No.77 (Lindsay Smith)
 
2000 - Matthew Bode traded by Port Adelaide for pick No.12 (Shaun Burgoyne); Evan Hewitt traded by North Melbourne for pick No.23 (Drew Petrie)
 
2001 - Ryan Fitzgerald traded by Sydney Swans for pick No.28; Kris Massie traded by Carlton for Andrew Eccles; Ben Nelson traded by Carlton for David Gallagher; Daniel Schell traded by Fremantle for Peter Vardy, who in turn went to Melbourne for pick No.56. Paul Medhurst also ended up at the Dockers as part of this deal.
 
2002 - Ronnie Burns traded by Geelong for Ben Finnin; Wayne Carey traded by North Melbourne for pick No.2 (Daniel Wells) and pick No.18 (Kris Shore); Jason Torney traded by Richmond for Kane Johnson, pick No.12 (Jay Schulz) and No.28 (Tristan Cartledge)
 
2003 - Scott Thompson traded by Melbourne for pick No.12 (Danny Meyer)
 
2004 - Nil
 
2005 - Nil
 
2006 - Nil
 
2007 - Brad Moran traded by North Melbourne for pick No.32 (Scott D Thompson); Brad Symes traded by Port Adelaide in a three-way deal that saw Martin Mattner end up at the Swans
 
2008 - Nil
 
2009 - Nil
 
2010 - Sam Jacobs traded by Carlton for pick No.34 (Patrick McCarthy) and No.67 (Andrew McInnes); Richard Tambling traded by Richmond for round-one compensatory pick received for Nathan Bock and No.51 (Dean MacDonald)
 
2011 - Luke Brown (traded by GWS along with Zone incentive selection No.2 - Brad Crouch - for pick No.10 (Liam Sumner) and round-one compensatory pick (Phil Davis); Josh Jenkins traded by Essendon for pick No.31 (Jackson Merrett); Lewis Johnston traded by Sydney for Tony Armstrong and pick No.35 (Daniel Markworth) and No.68 (on-traded to St Kilda for Beau Wilkes); Tom Lynch traded by St Kilda for pick No.37 (Jack Newnes)