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COOKIE GILCHRIST

Gilchrist, Carlton Chester
Height: 6-3 Weight: 249
Born: May 25, 1935 Brackenridge, PA
Died: January 10, 2011 Penn Hills, PA
High School: Har-Brack (Natrona Heights, PA)

Year	College	Status
	none

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1954 Sarnia Imperials (ORFU)1954 SAR ORFU	27	FB	12
1956 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1956 HAM IRFU	85	OHB	14
1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1957 HAM IRFU	85	FB	14
1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	91	FB	16
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU	85	HB-LB	14
1960 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1960 TOR IRFU	21	OHB-LB-K	14
1961 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1961 TOR CFL	21	FB-K	12
1962 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1962 BUF AFL	34	FB	14	14
1963 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1963 BUF AFL	34	FB	14	14
1964 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1964 BUF AFL	34	FB	14	14
1965 Denver Broncos (AFL)1965 DEN AFL	2	FB	14	14
1966 Miami Dolphins (AFL)1966 MIA AFL	2	FB	8	6
1967 Denver Broncos (AFL)1967 DEN AFL	34	FB	1	1
6 Years (NFL)6 Years NFL			65	63
6 Years (CFL)6 Years CFL			84

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed	6/10/1954	1954 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1954 CLE NFL
Released	8/3/1954	1954 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1954 CLE NFL
Signed		1954 Sarnia Imperials (ORFU)1954 SAR ORFU
Free Agent		1954 Sarnia Imperials (ORFU)1954 SAR ORFU
Purchased		1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU
Traded	5/7/1959	1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU
Released	7/30/1962	1962 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1962 TOR CFL
Signed	8/4/1962	1962 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1962 BUF AFL
Traded	2/24/1965	1965 Denver Broncos (AFL)1965 DEN AFL
Reserve/Suspended	8/2/1966	1966 Denver Broncos (AFL)1966 DEN AFL
Traded	10/17/1966	1966 Miami Dolphins (AFL)1966 MIA AFL
Traded	6/27/1967	1967 Denver Broncos (AFL)1967 DEN AFL
Expansion Draft	1/17/1968	1968 Cincinnati Bengals (AFL)1968 CIN AFL
Free Agent	5/1/1969	1968 Cincinnati Bengals (AFL)1968 CIN AFL

AWARDS
1962 Associated Press AFL Player of the Year
1962 United Press International AFL Player of the Year
1962 United Press International All-AFL
1962 Associated Press All-AFL
1962 The Sporting News All-AFL
1963 New York Daily News All-AFL
1964 United Press International All-AFL
1964 Associated Press All-AFL
1964 The Sporting News All-AFL
1964 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL
1964 New York Daily News All-AFL
1965 United Press International All-AFL
1965 Associated Press All-AFL
1965 The Sporting News All-AFL
1965 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL
1965 New York Daily News All-AFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1954 Sarnia Imperials (ORFU)1954 SAR ORFU	8	3			-	-	-	8			6	0	73
1962 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1962 BUF AFL	15	14	16	87.5	0	0	-	8	20	40.0	-	0	128
1963 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1963 BUF AFL	14	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	84
1964 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1964 BUF AFL	6	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	36
1965 Denver Broncos (AFL)1965 DEN AFL	7	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	42
1966 Miami Dolphins (AFL)1966 MIA AFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
1956 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1956 HAM IRFU	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	31
1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1957 HAM IRFU	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	1	0.0	0	0	54
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU	5	16	24	66.7	-	-	-	9	14	64.3	2	0	75
1960 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1960 TOR IRFU	8	43	48	89.6	-	-	-	5	18	27.8	9	0	115
1961 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1961 TOR CFL	3	5	11	45.5	-	-	-	5	9	55.6	3	0	41
1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	30
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	43	14	16	87.5	0	0	-	8	20	40.0	-	0	296
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	35	64	83	77.1				19	42	45.2	15	0	346

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1962 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1962 BUF AFL	2/4	2/5	2/3	2/7	0/1	8	20	40.0	1	42
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2/4	2/5	2/3	2/7	0/1	8	20	40.0	1	42

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1956 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1956 HAM IRFU	130	832	6.4	76	3
1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1957 HAM IRFU	204	958	4.7	57	7
1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	235	1254	5.3	73	5
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU	87	496	5.7	69	4
1960 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1960 TOR IRFU	88	662	7.5	74	6
1961 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1961 TOR CFL	105	709	6.8	67	3
1962 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1962 BUF AFL	214	1096	5.1	44	13
1963 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1963 BUF AFL	232	979	4.2	32	12			0
1964 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1964 BUF AFL	230	981	4.3	67t	6
1965 Denver Broncos (AFL)1965 DEN AFL	252	954	3.8	44t	6
1966 Miami Dolphins (AFL)1966 MIA AFL	72	262	3.6	22	0			0
1967 Denver Broncos (AFL)1967 DEN AFL	10	21	2.1	6	0		0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1010	4293	4.3	67t	37		0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1957 HAM IRFU	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0						0.0
1961 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1961 TOR CFL	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0				0.0
1963 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1963 BUF AFL	1	1	100.0	0	35	35.0	35.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0				1	0	118.8
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	1	100.0	0	35	35.0	35.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0				1	0	118.8
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	3	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	2	66.7	0	0				0.0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1956 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1956 HAM IRFU		18		279	15.5	40	2
1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1957 HAM IRFU		8		82	10.3	19	0		0	0
1958 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU		15		144	9.6	41	0
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU		5		70	14.0	38	1			0
1960 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1960 TOR IRFU		25		346	13.8	42	2
1961 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1961 TOR CFL		15		147	9.8	24	0			0
1962 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1962 BUF AFL		24		319	13.3	86	2
1963 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1963 BUF AFL		24		211	8.8	42	2
1964 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1964 BUF AFL		30		345	11.5	37	0			0
1965 Denver Broncos (AFL)1965 DEN AFL		18		154	8.6	29t	1			0
1966 Miami Dolphins (AFL)1966 MIA AFL		13		110	8.5	22	1			0
1967 Denver Broncos (AFL)1967 DEN AFL		1		-4	-4.0	-4	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		110		1135	10.3	86	6	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		86		1068	12.4	42	5		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1956 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1956 HAM IRFU	2	7	3.5	6	0
1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1957 HAM IRFU	3	65	21.7	55	1
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU	4	66	16.5	32	0
1960 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1960 TOR IRFU	1	16	16.0	16	0
1961 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1961 TOR CFL	2	41	20.5	35	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	12	195	16.3	55	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
1958 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	47	2466	52.5	-
1959 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU)1959 TOR IRFU	40	2105	52.6	-
1961 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1961 TOR CFL	18	1093	60.7	-
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	105	5664	53.9

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1956 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1956 HAM IRFU	15	-	344	22.9	41	0
1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1957 HAM IRFU	7	-	104	14.9	18	0	0	0
1958 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	17	-	436	25.6	83	0
1961 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1961 TOR CFL	12	-	327	27.3	50	0
1962 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1962 BUF AFL	7		150	21.4	34	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	7		150	21.4	34	0		0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	51		1211	23.7	83	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1957 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (IRFU)1957 HAM IRFU							1
1958 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU)1958 SAS WIFU	8		2	1	3	0	0
1962 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1962 BUF AFL	7						0
1963 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1963 BUF AFL	8			0			0
1964 Buffalo Bills (AFL)1964 BUF AFL	6			0			0
1965 Denver Broncos (AFL)1965 DEN AFL	8						0
1966 Miami Dolphins (AFL)1966 MIA AFL	1			0			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	30			0			0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	8		2	1	3	0	1

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