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Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | August 15, 1950||||||||||||
Died: | September 7, 2021 Inglewood, California, U.S. | (aged 71)||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Santa Barbara | ||||||||||||
College: | USC | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1973 / round: 1 / pick: 11 | ||||||||||||
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Samuel Lewis Cunningham Jr (August 15, 1950 – September 7, 2021), nicknamed "Bam",[1] was an American professional football player who was a fullback for 10 seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).[2] He played college football for the USC Trojans, where he earned first-team All-American honors and was the MVP of the 1973 Rose Bowl.
Selected in the first round of the 1973 NFL draft by the Patriots, Cunningham became the franchise's all-time leading rusher. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010. The same year, he was also inducted to the Patriots Hall of Fame.