Top 40 UNC football and basketball players of all time: No. 4 - Billy Cunningham

Posted Jun 14, 2022
The Kangaroo Kid was a two-time All-America, 1965 ACC player of the Year, three-time All-ACC, and his UNC jersey No. 32 is honored in the Smith Center. He could be the most underrated UNC basketball player of all time. Billy Cunningham has UNC's second highest career scoring average at 24.8 points per game and the highest rebounding average at 15.4. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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