"C" is for Coffin, That's Good Enough For Me...

Cookie Gilchrist, the AFL’s version of Jim Brown, has died at the age of 75. Jumping to the Canadian Football League straight out of high school after an attemped illegal signing by Cleveland head coach Paul Brown, Gilchrist starred for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (winning the 1957 Grey Cup), the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Toronto Argonauts before joining the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League in 1962, and was league MVP setting league record 13 TDs and 1,096 rushing yards. The next year he set a pro football record with 243 yards rushing and 5 touchdowns against the Jets, then led them to their first championship in 1964. Between the CFL and AFL, he was an All-Star for 10 consecutive seasons, and he was selected as the fullback on the All-Time All-AFL Team.