Career
Cook was selected for the United States. soccer team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The United States. lost 8-0 to Italy in the first round. He then went on to play for Saint Louis Kutis South Carolina (U.S.) during the mid-1950s when Kutis was a dominant United States. soccer club
In 1957, the United States. national team began the qualification process for the 1958.
Cook was called into the United States. team which lost the first qualification games to Mexico in April. Despite substituting the wholesale roster changes, the United States. lost both games to Canada and failed to qualify for the World Cup.
Cook was inducted into the Saint Louis Soccer Hall of Fame on November 14, 1996.