Doug Cunningham | |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1945 |
Birth Place: | Louisville, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
Number: | 42, 40 |
Position1: | Running back |
College: | Mississippi |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1967 |
Nfldraftedround: | 6 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 145 |
Playing Years1: | 1967–1973 |
Playing Team1: | San Francisco 49ers |
Playing Years2: | 1974 |
Playing Team2: | Washington Redskins |
Career Highlights: | |
Nfl: | CUN498348 |
Databasefootball: | CUNNIDOU01 |
Julian Douglas Cunningham (September 14, 1945 – January 13, 2015) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Mississippi and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft.[1]
Cunningham was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[2] [3]