'63 Patriots Media Guide

Here's the front cover of the official 1963 Boston Patriots media guide.

20th Century Patriots-1960 Boston Patriots Highlights

In living color, here's the official 1960 highlight film of the Boston Patriots, who were playing in the inaugural season of the American Football League.

The Pats finished at 5-9, in the basement of the AFL's Eastern Division with Lou Saban as head coach.

Here's A Rare AFL Find

Here's the front cover of the official program of the first-ever home game of the American Football League's New York Titans, set for September 16, 1960 against the Boston Patriots.

The Polo Grounds was home to the Titans/Jets from 1960 through 1963.

The Polo Grounds were demolished in 1964.

Cookie Gilchrist, R. I. P.

Carlton "Cookie" Gilchrist , a former Buffalo Bills fullback who helped lead that team to the 1964 American Football League championship, passed away on Monday at a assisted living facility near Pittsburgh at age 75.

Mr. Gilchrist had been suffering from cancer.

After six years in the Canadian Football League, Cookie signed on with the Buffalo Bills of the AFL and ran for 1096 yards that year.

He played a major role in Buffalo's AFL title season of 1964.

In 1965, he was traded to the Denver Broncos for fellow fullback Billy Joe.

He played with the expansion Miami Dolphins in 1966 then returned to the Broncos in 1967, but retired the following year rather than play for the Cincinnati Bengals who had chosen him in the AFL expansion draft.

Cookie retired with 4,293 rushing yards (AFL only) and 37 touchdowns and, in one 1963 game, ran for 243 against the newly-reorganized New York Jets.