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  • Dr. Lecter
    Zero for Zero!
    • Mar 2003
    • 67921
    #1

    Cookie Gilchrist is dead

    Former Buffalo Bills great running back Cookie Gilchrist died early today in an assisted living facility in Pittsburgh, his nephew, Thomas Gilchrist, confirmed this morning.

    Gilchrist had been in the hospital since September battling cancer, which had spread through his body. He was 75.

    Gilchrist was one of the greatest Bills players ever. He played in Buffalo for three seasons, from 1962 to 1964. He was a star on the Bills' 1964 AFL Championship team. Gilchrist gained 3,056 rushing yards with 31 rushing touchdowns for Buffalo. He set a pro football single-game rushing record with 243 yards in a game against the New York Titans in 1962. He made first-team All-AFL in 1962, '64 and '65, and he was on the second-team in '63. He played for Denver in 1965 and '67 and Miami in '66.

    Before joining the Bills, Gilchrist was one of the greatest players in the history of the Canadian Football League, where he played for five years.
    http://blogs.buffalonews.com/billboard/2011/01/cookie-gilcrhist-is-dead.html
    Originally posted by mysticsoto
    Lecter is right in everything he said.
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  • Johnny Bugmenot
    Will not tolerate vandalism.
    • Apr 2006
    • 4311
    #2
    Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

    And yet neither Hall of Fame has considered him for entry. A shame.
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    • The King
      Without me it's just Awe so
      • Jun 2004
      • 42380
      #3
      Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

      he was not in anyones pool
      I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
      "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
      You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
      It was all       true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
      He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can       mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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      • Ebenezer
        Give me a minute...
        • Jul 2002
        • 73867
        #4
        Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

        Originally posted by Johnny Bugmenot
        And yet neither Hall of Fame has considered him for entry. A shame.
        ...and before anybody says about putting him on the Wall of Fame CG is a member of the Bills Hall of Fame which existed before the new stadium. Years ago, Larry Felser reported that because of that honor CG would never get on the wall. I disagree, he should be put up there.

        May he RIP.




        For all the education and practice each of us undergoes, the achievment of mastery is ultimately the outcome of a personal quest for understanding.
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        • Historian
          2020-2023 AFC East Champions!
          • Dec 2002
          • 61793
          #5
          Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

          It's a shame he and Ralph could never settle their differences.

          How many of his players has he now outlived?
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          • Mad Bomber
            Registered User
            • Jul 2002
            • 12927
            #6
            Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

            He was one of my favorites. I actually got to meet him when I went to my first Bills game at the Rockpile as a kid.

            RIP, Cookie.
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            • Ebenezer
              Give me a minute...
              • Jul 2002
              • 73867
              #7
              Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

              Originally posted by Historian
              It's a shame he and Ralph could never settle their differences.

              How many of his players has he now outlived?
              And that probably is another reason that CG isn't on the wall...same with Saban.




              For all the education and practice each of us undergoes, the achievment of mastery is ultimately the outcome of a personal quest for understanding.

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              • Johnny Bugmenot
                Will not tolerate vandalism.
                • Apr 2006
                • 4311
                #8
                Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

                Originally posted by King Bedard
                he was not in anyones pool
                Deadline hasn't passed yet, has it...? Teehee.

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                • trapezeus
                  Legendary Zoner
                  • Oct 2004
                  • 19525
                  #9
                  Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

                  sad stuff.

                  i wonder if in the coming years, the deaths all start happening in the player's 40's and 50's. It's gone from being a sport to a death match.

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                  • Dr. Lecter
                    Zero for Zero!
                    • Mar 2003
                    • 67921
                    #10
                    Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

                    Originally posted by Ebenezer
                    And that probably is another reason that CG isn't on the wall...same with Saban.
                    I think I read somewhere that he was offerred a spot but turned it down.
                    Originally posted by mysticsoto
                    Lecter is right in everything he said.

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                    • better days
                      Registered User
                      • Jan 2010
                      • 22028
                      #11
                      Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

                      Cookie is my favorite Bills RB of all time even over Thurmal who I loved.
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                      • Nighthawk
                        Getting old waiting for a championship in Buffalo!
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 15437
                        #12
                        Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

                        RIP

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                        • THATHURMANATOR
                          Registered User
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 69112
                          #13
                          Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

                          RIP Cookie.

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                          • Mr. Miyagi
                            Lecter's Little *****

                            • Sep 2002
                            • 53616
                            #14
                            Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

                            RIP Cookie

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                            • GW Dubenion
                              Registered User
                              • Mar 2010
                              • 2
                              #15
                              Re: Cookie Gilchrist is dead

                              RIP, Cookie. You were one of the all time great Bills.
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