Cookie Gilchrist
Carlton Chester Gilchrist
Born: May 25, 1935
Brackenridge, PA USA
Deceased: January 10, 2011
Penn Hills, PA
Position: FB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 251
College: none
High School: Har-Brack (Natrona Heights, PA)
Career: 1956-1967
Cookie Gilchrist played from 1956 to 1967 during his career with the Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Miami Dolphins, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts. Gilchrist ran for 9,204 yards in his career on 1,859 attempts, scoring 65 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 196 passes for 2,203 yards and 11 receiving touchdowns..
 Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
 Saskatchewan Roughriders |
 Toronto Argonauts |
 Buffalo Bills |
 Denver Broncos |
 Miami Dolphins |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 118.8 |
| CFL | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 35 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 130 | 832 | 6.4 | 76 | 3 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 204 | 958 | 4.7 | 57 | 7 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 235 | 1254 | 5.3 | 73 | 5 |
| 1959 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 87 | 496 | 5.7 | 69 | 4 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 88 | 662 | 7.5 | 74 | 6 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 105 | 709 | 6.8 | 67 | 3 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 214 | 1096 | 5.1 | 44 | 13 |
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 232 | 979 | 4.2 | 32 | 12 |
| 1964 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 230 | 981 | 4.3 | 67 | 6 |
| 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 252 | 954 | 3.8 | 44 | 6 |
| 1966 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 72 | 262 | 3.6 | 22 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
| CFL | 849 | 4911 | 5.8 | 76 | 28 | |
| AFL | 1010 | 4293 | 4.3 | 67 | 37 | |
| Totals | 1859 | 9204 | 5.0 | 76 | 65 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 279 | 15.5 | 40 | 2 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 82 | 10.2 | 19 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 41 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 38 | 1 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 25 | 346 | 13.8 | 42 | 2 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 15 | 147 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 24 | 319 | 13.3 | 76 | 2 |
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 24 | 211 | 8.8 | 42 | 2 |
| 1964 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 30 | 345 | 11.5 | 37 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 18 | 154 | 8.6 | 29 | 1 |
| 1966 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 13 | 110 | 8.5 | 22 | 1 |
| 1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| CFL | 86 | 1068 | 12.4 | 42 | 5 | |
| AFL | 110 | 1135 | 10.3 | 76 | 6 | |
| Totals | 196 | 2203 | 11.2 | 76 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 2 | 40 | 2105 | 52.6 | 69 | 0 | 45 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 48 | 43 | 89.6 | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 2 | 18 | 1093 | 60.7 | 70 | 1 | 23 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 17 | 14 | 82.4 | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 38 | ||||||
| CFL | 83 | 64 | 77.1 | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 11 | 58 | 3198 | 55.1 | 70 | 4 | 136 | |
| AFL | 17 | 14 | 82.4 | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Totals | 100 | 78 | 78.0 | 62 | 27 | 43.5 | 11 | 58 | 3198 | 55.1 | 70 | 4 | 174 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15 | 344 | 22.9 | 41 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 18 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17 | 436 | 25.6 | 83 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 12 | 327 | 27.2 | 50 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 34 | 0 |
| CFL | 51 | 1211 | 23.7 | 83 | 0 | |
| AFL | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 34 | 0 | |
| Totals | 58 | 1361 | 23.5 | 83 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 55 | 1 |
| 1959 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 32 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 |
| CFL | 12 | 195 | 16.2 | 55 | 1 | |
| Totals | 12 | 195 | 16.2 | 55 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | N/A | 1 | |||||
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | |||||
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1959 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 75 | ||||||
| 1960 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 9 | 115 | ||||||
| 1961 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 41 | |||||
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 128 | ||||||
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| 1964 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1966 | AFL Miami Dolphins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| CFL | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 346 | |
| AFL | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 | |
| Totals | 65 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 642 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12 | |
| 1957 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | |
| 1959 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | |
| 1960 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | |
| 1961 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 12 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 5 |
| 1967 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 |
Awards
- AFL Hall of Fame 2nd team All-1960s Team
1962 - AFL AP Player of the Year
1962 - AFL UPI Player of the Year
Honors
1956 - CFL Shrine East All-Star
1956 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1957 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1957 - CFL Shrine East All-Star
1958 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1958 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1959 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1959 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1960 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1960 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1961 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1962 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1962 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1962 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1963 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
1963 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1963 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
