Billy Cunningham Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Billy Cunningham | | Hometown: | Brooklyn, NY | | High School: | Erasmus Hall | | Born: | June 3, 1943 (78) | | Height/Weight: | 6-6, 218 | | Position: | F/C | | Notes: | 1965 ACC Basketball POY, All-American, 1967 NBA Champ, 4x NBA All-Star |
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Tar Heel Firsts: UNC’s First Basketball OlympianLarry Brown was a first-team All-ACC player for Dean Smith’s second North Carolina team in 1962-63. At 14.2 points per game, he was the second...
Sun Jun 21, 2020
Carolina Insider Podcast: Billy Cunningham, Women's Soccer Roundtable, and MoreUNC Basketball great and Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham discusses his time at UNC, how he got the nickname "The Kangaroo Kid", and more. Next,...
Fri May 22, 2020
Tar Heel Firsts: The first UNC alumnus to win an NBA championship
Billy Cunningham became the first Tar Heel to win an NBA title in 1967. The future Hall-of-Famer made four all-star teams before jumping to the...
Sun May 10, 2020
Podcast: Bobby Jones, A Hall-Of-Fame Story
As Bobby Jones enters the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, learn more about his career and life on this long-form edition of The BroadCast,...
Fri Sep 6, 2019
Billy Cunningham's Impact On Sixers History Was Felt Twice Over
Nicknamed the “Kangaroo Kid” because of his leaping ability, Billy Cunningham averaged 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists over his 11-year pro career, which...
Wed Sep 4, 2019