\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 http://torontoist.com/2014/07/historicist-one-tough-cookie/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Great read. Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yungmack Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 There really hasn't been anyone like him before or since. Thanks for passing along this interesting story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivermont Mike Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Thank you for sharing that article! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowtrain Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Thanks for sharing. Interesting article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Although only here for a short time, one of the greatest Bills ever. I got to buy his book. If you wanted a bad ass MOFO he was your guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) I saw him play, great runner. Nobody ever ran people over like that. Closest maybe, Jerome Bettis on the Steelers but Cookie was way better. Of course, I am biased, I was a little kid and he was my favorite player.Might be one of the big reasons I am a fan of this team. I still am so glad my Dad took me to games, even though the crowds were really rough back in those days (so was the neighborhood, his car actually got messed with a couple of times). Dad would put me on his shoulders and it was great. I so wish they would have had Superbowls back in 64, Jim Brown vs Cookie, now that would have been a matchup! 50 years ago, history might have been very different. Always feel for guys like Marlin Briscoe, Jim Harris and Cookie, who had to be pioneers and had such abilities in the face of the times and attitudes. Didn't know so much about his back story though, good read thanks for posting that. Does the CFL still have players who don't go to college I wonder? Edited July 28, 2014 by bowery4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) Thanks for the link. Excellent read. Ralph Wilson was asked why Cookie wasn't on the Stadium Wall of Fame. He responded that no one could be sure that he would show up for his own ceremony and that he also demanded an appearance fee which was not an acceptable term. With respect to Lou Saban being placed on the Wall Ralph would not permit it because he felt that Saban twice walked away from the organization and betrayed him. Ed Kilgore, on WGR, told the story that Ralph Wilson told the committee involved with the selection process that although he would not approve Saban being on the Wall while he was alive he wasn't against Saban be selected after he passed. Althouogh the owner had his own personal honor code and value system and he could be tough he wasn't mean-spirited. Edited July 28, 2014 by JohnC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternOHBillsFan Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Always feel for guys like Marlin Briscoe, Jim Harris and Cookie, who had to be pioneers and had such abilities in the face of the times and attitudes. Butch Byrd and Elbert Dubenion should be mentioned before Briscoe, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Mich Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I found this site of Beverly Hillbillies episodes. This is the one with Cookie http://thebeverlyhillbillies.net/season-8-episode-24-simon-legree-drysdale/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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