Doug Cunningham (American football) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hall of Famer, Ole Miss great Doug Cunningham dies.
  2. News: The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) . Concussion Legacy Foundation . July 2, 2023 . July 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230702123543/https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts . dead .
  3. News: Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller . Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease. . . June 20, 2023 . July 2, 2023 .