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Then there was Cookie Gilchrist a 250 pound FB back in the early days of the AFL. He is the answer to one of my pet triva questions......what great pro ball carrier never played college football? He went straight from HS to the CFL, then the Bills, the AFL's first 1000 yard rusher.
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For someone named Cookie, there was no sweetness to his game. As teammate Paul Maguire remembered to writer Tim Graham on ESPN.com,
"On the football field, he was one of the nastiest sons a b—— I ever met in my life. There was absolutely no fear in that man."
Before one critical playoff game, as Maguire remembered, "Cookie stood up ‘I’m going to tell you something. If we don’t win this game, I’m going to beat the s— out of everybody in this locker room.’ " Then Cookie pointed at coach Lou Saban. "’And I’m going to start with you, Coach. I’m going to kick your ass first.’ I just sat back in my locker. I knew he meant it.’ "
But Cookie wasn’t seen as a leader just because he could play. He was outspoken He was loud. He was unapologetic.
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