‘”Cookie at that time was probably the largest back in the league,” said former teammate Charley Ferguson. “He played at about 250 or 255. What was unbelievable about Cookie was his determination. If there is such a thing as giving 150 percent that’s what he gave on the field. I’ve never seen anybody with that much enthusiasm to want to do it. If he could carry the ball 100 times, he would do it. That was just his attitude. He just felt that he could do it all. If there was anybody like a Superman he was a Superman.”‘