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Sam Cunningham
 Cunningham at his 2010 induction to the Patriots Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | August 15, 1950 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died: | September 7, 2021 (aged 71) Inglewood, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| 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.
- ^ Chapin, Dwight - McKay's Message Puts the Bam Back in Sam. Los Angeles Times, October 15, 1971. "The name-Sam (Bam) Cunningham--makes you think of a big guy crunching through tacklers like a truck going through a plate glass window."
- ^ Ex-USC, New England Patriots Star Fullback Sam "Bam" Cunningham Dies At 71
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