Oldest team Hi-lights 1960 Buffalo Bills & a Cookie Gilchrist Bills bio **Better video found and added

[Chandler#81]

1960 Buffalo Bills

 

Cookie Gilchrist Remembers

 

Better video -just found.

 

[Solomon Grundy]

39 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

1960 Buffalo Bills

 

Cookie Gilchrist Remembers

 

THIS IS AWESOME!! Thanks

[PromoTheRobot]

Yup, my first Bills game was at that Roman Coliseum knockoff called War Memorial. It looked hundreds of years old in 1969.

[BillnutinHouston]

Where in the heck did you find these gems?  Awesome.

[Solomon Grundy]

35 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Yup, my first Bills game was at that Roman Coliseum knockoff called War Memorial. It looked hundreds of years old in 1969.

I lived right down the street. We used to walk to games and sit on the hard wooden seats. My butt still hurt from them 

Edited June 26, 2021 by Solomon Grundy

[The Dean]

Really looking forward to watching these. I can't remember my first game at the Rockpile. But I won two season tickets from a Tops' Raffle. It was 64 or 65. 

 

Now to go watch some Cookie!

[The Dean]

Great stuff. Thanks so much.

[machine gun kelly]

You’re the man, Chand.

 

Im copying., and emailing to my sister to show my 90 year old Dad.  He loved Cookie, and he’ll love seeing Felser again as they were close friends from decades they worked together at the BN.

 

Thanks our resident tbd historian.

[Chandler#81]

4 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

You’re the man, Chand.

 

Im copying., and emailing to my sister to show my 90 year old Dad.  He loved Cookie, and he’ll love seeing Felser again as they were close friends from decades they worked together at the BN.

 

Thanks our resident tbd historian.

Imo, Cookie comes off as an imbecile. It’s pretty clear from this, there’d be no recognition of him while Ralph was alive.

Loved how Felser didn’t mince words with Cookie’s response to the bewildered Patriots! Would have loved to buy Larry all the beer he could drink at a bowling alley some night..

[Bob in STL]

Awesome trip down memory lane. 
 

Cookie was a great football player.  Always concerned about money and getting his share.   What a handful on and off the field.  Paul McGuire had a great story of how Cookie once got permission from Ralph Wilson to sell Christmas trees in front of the Rockpile before games.  

 

 

 

Edited June 26, 2021 by Bob in STL

[dwight in philly]

Remember WMS, 1960, big time, My father took me there .. was 8 , but remember it like it was yesterday.. Early 60's not too productive until Saban . Just going , all the memories ,nothing compares. Thank you for sharing!

[Chandler#81]

10 minutes ago, dwight in philly said:

Remember WMS, 1960, big time, My father took me there .. was 8 , but remember it like it was yesterday.. Early 60's not too productive until Saban . Just going , all the memories ,nothing compares. Thank you for sharing!

So yer sayin’ you too look like this. ❤️ Ya!

 

[dwight in philly]

36 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

So yer sayin’ you too look like this. ❤️ Ya!

 

LOL , not quite , but i feel like i do!!!!!!!!

[ExiledInIllinois]

Seymour Knox had a polo field in East Aurora! 

 

That just confirms @BringBackFergy was high class! 😳

[slipkid]

9 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Imo, Cookie comes off as an imbecile. It’s pretty clear from this, there’d be no recognition of him while Ralph was alive.

Loved how Felser didn’t mince words with Cookie’s response to the bewildered Patriots! Would have loved to buy Larry all the beer he could drink at a bowling alley some night..

Thanks for the vids Chandler. 
 

I think you’re being kinda tough on Cookie, though. The man wanted his money. It’s not inconceivable that a black kid with a HS education was ripped off some. He might have held onto it too long, but I’ll take his word that he was ripped off.

 

Now, I gotta search for the 2006 vid he notes. There are far too few Cookie highlights out there.

[The Dean]

11 minutes ago, slipkid said:

Thanks for the vids Chandler. 
 

I think you’re being kinda tough on Cookie, though. The man wanted his money. It’s not inconceivable that a black kid with a HS education was ripped off some. He might have held onto it too long, but I’ll take his word that he was ripped off.

 

Now, I gotta search for the 2006 vid he notes. There are far too few Cookie highlights out there.

 

 

Ya think?  Also the guy's brain revealed he had CTE, almost certainly as a result of playing football. 

[eball]

That’s some crazy stuff.  Wow.  Thanks for sharing.

[Royale with Cheese]

Since it was 1960 and at 175 lbs now….I think I could have played middle linebacker on those Bills teams.

Edited June 27, 2021 by Royale with Cheese

[BuffaloBill]

I can finally say In a thread that I wasn’t even born yet. Thanks for the moment @Chandler#81