Gail Ross Cogdill (April 7, 1937 – October 20, 2016) was an American professional football split end.

As a boy, he moved with his family to Spokane, Washington, and attended Lewis and Clark High School in that city.

On September 27, 1958, he set an all-time, single-game record by gaining 252 receiving yards on seven receptions against Ara Parseghian's Northwestern Wildcats.

[4] After his senior year, he was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player on the 1959 All-Pacific Coast football team.

"[3] In May 1960, Lions coach George Wilson touted Cogdill as "one of the top receivers to come into professional football in a long time.

[15] Sports writer George Puscas later wrote about Cogdill's acrobatic catches and recalled: "He was the only football player I've ever seen who caused teammates to interrupt their own work to watch him do his.

[16] Three weeks later, he suffered a shoulder injury that required surgery and resulted in his missing the remainder of the season.

[1] At the end of the 1964 season, Cogdill criticized the Lions' coaching staff, expressed a desire to be traded, and added: "I feel dead around here.

[20] He remained with the Lions for four additional years, but he continued to be impaired by a bad knee,[21] and never achieved the same level of performance, totaling 247 receiving yards in 1965, 411 in 1966, 322 in 1967, and 42 in 1968.

[21] Cogdill played nine seasons with the Lions and, at the time of his departure, held two franchise records with 325 receptions and 5,221 receiving yards.

[1] In 1970, he appeared in 15 games,[1] but lost his starting job, after dropping two consecutive passes in an October 1970 loss to the Denver Broncos.

He turned to the crowdfunding site, GoFundMe.com in an effort to raise $35,000 to pay for experimental stem cell treatment in the Bahamas.