Bob Cunningham | |
Birth Date: | 1936 4, mf=y |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lbs: | 190 |
High School: | All Hallows (Bronx, New York) |
College: | North Carolina (1955–1958) |
Draft Year: | 1958 |
Career Number: | 32 |
Career Position: | Guard / forward |
Highlights: |
Robert Cunningham (April 22, 1936 – June 20, 2006) was an American college basketball player.[1] He was one of the five starters on the 1957 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels who was brought by coach Frank McGuire from New York.[2] [3] Cunningham was considered the team's best defensive player.[4]
Cunningham died at age 70 in a Savannah, Georgia, hospital after battling both cancer and a heart attack.[5]