For those who played with him he was the greatest player they had ever seen, and this was during the era in which Hall of Fame RB Jim Brown was dominating the NFL. He was a supernova of a player for the Buffalo Bills during the AFL years. For three spectacular seasons Cookie Gilchrist was an unstoppable force that no one could handle, not even Bills head coach Lou Saban. His exploits helped propel the Bills to their first AFL title in 1964. Now 53 years after he recorded the first 1,000-yard rushing season in AFL history, Gilchrist’s name will be added as the 31st member of the Bills Wall of Fame.
Cookie Gilchrist to be honored on Bills Wall of Fame
