Dick Cunningham (American football)

Dick Cunningham

Date of birth	(1944-10-12) October 12, 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Center Linebacker Offensive tackle
US college	Arkansas
AFL draft	1966 / round: Red Shirt 4 / pick: 36
Drafted by	Buffalo Bills[1]
NFL draft	1966 / round: 8 / pick: 136
Drafted by	Detroit Lions
Career history
As player
1967–1968	Buffalo Bills (AFL)
1970–1972	Buffalo Bills
1973	Houston Oilers
1973	Philadelphia Eagles
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-SWC (1966)
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Richard Karekin Cunningham (born October 12, 1944) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played in the AFL for the Buffalo Bills and in the NFL for the Bills, the Houston Oilers, and the Philadelphia Eagles. Cunningham played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was selected in the eighth round of the 1966 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions and the fourth round of the Red Shirt portion of the 1966 AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. He played professionally from 1967 to 1973.

While at Arkansas, Cunningham was a member of Xi Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Other American Football League players

References

1. "1966 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

External links

• NFL.com player page