Cookie Gilchrist
Carlton Chester Gilchrist
Born: May 25, 1935
Brackenridge, PA
Deceased: January 10, 2011
Penn Hills, PA
High School: Har-Brack (Natrona Heights, PA)
Position(s): FB
Height: 6'3" Weight: 251
College: none
Career: 1956-1967
Cookie Gilchrist played from 1956 to 1967 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts, Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins. 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..
Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1961 | CFL Toronto | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo | 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 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton | 130 | 832 | 6.4 | 76 | 3 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton | 204 | 958 | 4.7 | 57 | 7 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan | 235 | 1254 | 5.3 | 73 | 5 |
| 1959 | CFL Toronto | 87 | 496 | 5.7 | 69 | 4 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto | 88 | 662 | 7.5 | 74 | 6 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto | 105 | 709 | 6.8 | 67 | 3 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo | 214 | 1096 | 5.1 | 44 | 13 |
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo | 232 | 979 | 4.2 | 32 | 12 |
| 1964 | AFL Buffalo | 230 | 981 | 4.3 | 67 | 6 |
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 252 | 954 | 3.8 | 44 | 6 |
| 1966 | AFL Miami | 72 | 262 | 3.6 | 22 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL Denver | 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 | 18 | 279 | 15.5 | 40 | 2 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 41 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Toronto | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 38 | 1 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto | 25 | 346 | 13.8 | 42 | 2 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto | 15 | 147 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo | 24 | 319 | 13.3 | 76 | 2 |
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo | 24 | 211 | 8.8 | 42 | 2 |
| 1964 | AFL Buffalo | 30 | 345 | 11.5 | 37 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 18 | 154 | 8.6 | 29 | 1 |
| 1966 | AFL Miami | 13 | 110 | 8.5 | 22 | 1 |
| 1967 | AFL Denver | 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 % | Single | Pts. | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | Single |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Toronto | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 2 | 45 | 40 | 2105 | 52.6 | 69 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto | 48 | 43 | 89.6 | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 1093 | 60.7 | 70 | 1 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo | 17 | 14 | 82.4 | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| CFL | 83 | 64 | 42 | 19 | 11 | 3198 | 70 | 4 | ||||||
| AFL | 17 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 100 | 78 | 78.0 | 62 | 27 | 43.5 | 11 | 135 | 58 | 3198 | 55.1 | 70 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton | 15 | 344 | 22.9 | 41 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 18 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan | 17 | 436 | 25.6 | 83 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto | 12 | 327 | 27.3 | 50 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo | 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 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 55 | 1 |
| 1959 | CFL Toronto | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 32 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Toronto | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Toronto | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 |
| CFL | 12 | 195 | 16.2 | 55 | 1 | |
| Totals | 12 | 195 | 16.3 | 55 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Tackles | Fumbles | Kicks | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Assist | Def | ST | TFL | TFL Yds | Brup | QBH | Fum | F Rec | F Rec Yds | FR TD | FF | K Blk |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton | N/A | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1964 | AFL Buffalo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1966 | AFL Miami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG R | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2 Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1956 | CFL Hamilton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | |||||
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1959 | CFL Toronto | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 75 | ||||||
| 1960 | CFL Toronto | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 9 | 115 | ||||||
| 1961 | CFL Toronto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 41 | |||||
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 128 | ||||||
| 1963 | AFL Buffalo | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| 1964 | AFL Buffalo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1966 | AFL Miami | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| CFL | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| AFL | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 65 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 642 | |||
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | G | 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 - AP Player of the Year
1962 - UPI Player of the Year
Honors
1956 - Shrine East All-Star
1956 - CFL East All-Star
1957 - CFL East All-Star
1957 - Shrine East All-Star
1958 - CFL West All-Star
1958 - Shrine West All-Star
1959 - CFL East All-Star
1959 - Ted Reeves All-Star
1960 - CFL East All-Star
1960 - CFL East All-Star
1961 - Ted Reeves All-Star
1962 - AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1962 - United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1962 - Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1963 - United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
1963 - Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1963 - New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1964 - AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - AFL All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1965 - New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
