| Cookie Gilchrist AKA Carlton Chester Gilchrist Born: 25-May-1935
Birthplace: Brackenridge, PA
Died: 10-Jan-2011
Location of death: Pittsburgh, PA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Football Nationality: United States
Executive summary: AFL Hall-of-Famer Outstanding professional running back who, after several years as a pro rugby player, joined the CFL and later the AFL. Led a boycott by black players at the 1965 AFL All-Star Game, protesting lack of equal accommodations for black players and forcing the league to move the game from New Orleans to Houston. High School: Har-Breck High School, Breckinridge, PA
Risk Factors: Throat Cancer
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) 1956-57 (RB)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) 1958 (RB)
Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 1959-61 (RB)
Buffalo Bills 1962-64 (RB)
Denver Broncos 1965 (RB)
Miami Dolphins 1966 (RB)
Denver Broncos 1967 (RB)
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