Gene Cook
Born: | Greenfield, Tennessee, U.S. | January 11, 1932
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Died: | February 14, 2002 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 70)
Career information | |
College | Toledo |
NFL draft | 1958 / Round: 13 / Pick: 147 (by the Green Bay Packers) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1959 | Detroit Lions |
Gene Cook (January 11, 1932
Cook is a member of the International League Hall of Fame.[1]
Football career
Cook
Pro statistics
Season | GP | Receiving | ||||||
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Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Lng | R/G | Y/G | ||
1959
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1 | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 43 | 1.0 | 43.0 |
Career | 1 | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 43 | 1.0 | 43.0 |
Political career
Cook was elected to the
Minor League Baseball executive
Cook served as the
Under Cook's management, the average attendance at Mud Hens games would increase almost threefold.
Cook was posthumously elected to the International League Hall of Fame in 2008.[1] The number 1 was retired by the Mud Hens in his honor.[7]
Personal life
Cook was married to his wife, Marion, for 45 years.[8] They had two sons, Gary and John, and a daughter, Shelly (Straube).[8]
Cook died in February 2002 after a brief illness.[8]
Notes
- ^ Cook's football records list his date of birth as January 11, 1934. Later sources give his birth year as 1932.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Gene Cook: Executive" (PDF). International League Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- ^ "Gene Cook". National Football League. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ a b "Gene Cook". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ Toledo Blade. February 19, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- ^ a b c Kaptur, Marcy (March 4, 2002). "In Memory Of Gene Cook". Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- ^ MiLB.com. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- ^ "Fifth Third Field". Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- ^ Toledo Blade. Retrieved June 20, 2012.