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Cotton Davidson Francis Marion "Cotton" Davidson (November 30, 1931 – December 23, 2022) was an American football quarterback and punter in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). Davidson attended Baylor University, and pla ...

(1931-2022), American National Football League (NFL) quarterback for the Baltimore Colts *

Cotton Fitzsimmons Lowell Gibbs "Cotton" Fitzsimmons (October 7, 1931 – July 24, 2004) was an American college and NBA basketball coach. A native of Bowling Green, Missouri, he attended and played basketball at Hannibal-LaGrange Junior College in Hannibal, ...

(1931–2004), American college and NBA basketball coach * Cotton Ivy (1930–2021), American humorist, comedian and entertainer who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives * Cotton Knaupp (1889–1967), American Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop * Cotton Minahan (1882–1958), American MLB pitcher, and track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris * Cotton Nash (1942–2023), American MLB outfielder and National Basketball Association (NBA) forward *

Cotton Owens Everett "Cotton" Owens (May 21, 1924 – June 7, 2012) was an American NASCAR driver. For five straight years (1957–61), Owens captured at least one Grand National Series win. Owens was known as "the King of the Modifieds" for his successes i ...

(1924–2012), American NASCAR driver *

Cotton Pippen Henry Harold "Cotton" Pippen (April 2, 1911 – February 15, 1981) was a American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for three years with St. Louis Cardinals (1936), Philadelphia Athletics (1939), and Detroit Tigers (1939–1940). Pippe ...

(1911–1981), American MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1936), Philadelphia Athletics (1939), and Detroit Tigers (1939–40) *

Cotton Priddy Thomas Obrey "Cotton" Priddy (August 29, 1928 – June 10, 1956) was a NASCAR Grand National race car driver from Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

(1928–1956), American NASCAR Grand National race car driver from Louisville, Kentucky *

Cotton Speyrer Charles Wayne Speyrer (born April 29, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins and who, while he played college football fo ...

(born 1949), American NFL wide receiver for the Baltimore Colts and the Miami Dolphins * Cotton Tierney (1894–1953), American MLB second baseman and third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins *

Cotton Warburton Irvine "Cotton" Eugene Warburton (October 8, 1911 – June 21, 1982) was an American college football quarterback (1933) who became a film and television editor with sixty feature film credits. Paid online access. Associated Press obituary f ...

(1911–1982), American film and television editor with sixty feature film credits with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM)

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