Billy Cunningham

William John Cunningham , "Billy, The Kangaroo Kid"
Born: June 3, 1943
Brooklyn, NY USA
Position: F-C
High School: Erasmus Hall
College: North Carolina
Drafted: 1965, Round 1 Pick 5, #5 Overall
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 195
Career: 1965-66-1975-76
Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986.
Coaching Career

Billy Cunningham averaged 21.2 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in his 770-game career with the Carolina Cougars and Philadelphia 76ers. He began playing during the 1965-66 season and last took the court during the 1975-76 campaign. Cunningham was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986.

Philadelphia 76ers

Carolina Cougars

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1965-66	Philadelphia 76ers	80	0	2134	1011	431	0	0	443	281	0	0	599	207	0	0	0	301	1143
1966-67	Philadelphia 76ers	81	0	2168	1211	556	0	0	558	383	0	0	589	205	0	0	0	260	1495
1967-68	Philadelphia 76ers	74	0	2076	1178	516	0	0	509	368	0	0	562	187	0	0	0	260	1400
1968-69	Philadelphia 76ers	82	0	3345	1736	739	0	0	754	556	0	0	1050	287	0	0	0	329	2034
1969-70	Philadelphia 76ers	81	0	3194	1710	802	0	0	700	510	0	0	1101	352	0	0	0	331	2114
1970-71	Philadelphia 76ers	81	80	3090	1519	702	0	0	620	455	0	0	946	395	0	0	0	328	1859
1971-72	Philadelphia 76ers	75	75	2900	1428	658	0	0	601	428	0	0	918	443	0	0	0	295	1744
1972-73	Carolina Cougars	84	0	3248	1583	771	49	14	598	472	240	772	1012	530	216	0	381	309	2028
1973-74	Carolina Cougars	32	0	1190	537	253	8	1	187	149	86	245	331	150	59	21	127	105	656
1974-75	Philadelphia 76ers	80	73	2859	1423	609	0	0	444	345	130	596	726	442	91	35	0	270	1563
1975-76	Philadelphia 76ers	20	20	640	251	103	0	0	88	68	29	118	147	107	24	10	0	57	274
Totals		770	248	26844	13587	6140	57	15	5502	4015	485	1731	7981	3305	390	66	508	2845	16310

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
1965-66	Philadelphia 76ers	80	0	26.7	42.6		63.4	0.0	0.0	7.5	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	14.3
1966-67	Philadelphia 76ers	81	0	26.8	45.9		68.6	0.0	0.0	7.3	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	18.5
1967-68	Philadelphia 76ers	74	0	28.1	43.8		72.3	0.0	0.0	7.6	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	18.9
1968-69	Philadelphia 76ers	82	0	40.8	42.6		73.7	0.0	0.0	12.8	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	24.8
1969-70	Philadelphia 76ers	81	0	39.4	46.9		72.9	0.0	0.0	13.6	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	26.1
1970-71	Philadelphia 76ers	81	80	38.1	46.2		73.4	0.0	0.0	11.7	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	23.0
1971-72	Philadelphia 76ers	75	75	38.7	46.1		71.2	0.0	0.0	12.2	5.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	23.3
1972-73	Carolina Cougars	84	0	38.7	48.7	28.6	78.9	2.9	9.2	12.0	6.3	2.6	0.0	4.5	3.7	24.1
1973-74	Carolina Cougars	32	0	37.2	47.1	12.5	79.7	2.7	7.7	10.3	4.7	1.8	0.7	4.0	3.3	20.5
1974-75	Philadelphia 76ers	80	73	35.7	42.8		77.7	1.6	7.5	9.1	5.5	1.1	0.4	0.0	3.4	19.5
1975-76	Philadelphia 76ers	20	20	32.0	41.0		77.3	1.5	5.9	7.4	5.4	1.2	0.5	0.0	2.9	13.7
Averages		770	248	34.9	45.2	26.3	73.0	0.6	2.2	10.4	4.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	3.7	21.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
1965-66	Philadelphia 76ers	4	69	31	5		0	13	11	0	0	18	10	0	0	11	21
1966-67	Philadelphia 76ers	15	339	221	83		0	90	59	0	0	93	33	0	0	53	225
1967-68	Philadelphia 76ers	3	86	43	24		0	17	14	0	0	22	10	0	0	16	62
1968-69	Philadelphia 76ers	5	217	117	49		0	38	24	0	0	63	12	0	0	24	122
1969-70	Philadelphia 76ers	5	205	123	61		0	36	24	0	0	52	20	0	0	19	146
1970-71	Philadelphia 76ers	7	301	142	67		0	67	47	0	0	108	40	0	0	28	181
1972-73	Carolina Cougars	12	472	223	112		1	83	57	35	107	142	61	0	50	48	282
1973-74	Carolina Cougars	3	61	31	9		0	5	4	4	12	16	6	4	6	9	22
Totals		54	1750	931	410	0	1	349	240	39	119	514	192	4	56	208	1061

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
1965-66	Philadelphia 76ers	4	17.3	16.1	84.6	0.0	0.0	4.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	2.8	5.3
1966-67	Philadelphia 76ers	15	22.6	37.6	65.6	0.0	0.0	6.2	2.2	0.0	0.0	3.5	15.0
1967-68	Philadelphia 76ers	3	28.7	55.8	82.4	0.0	0.0	7.3	3.3	0.0	0.0	5.3	20.7
1968-69	Philadelphia 76ers	5	43.4	41.9	63.2	0.0	0.0	12.6	2.4	0.0	0.0	4.8	24.4
1969-70	Philadelphia 76ers	5	41.0	49.6	66.7	0.0	0.0	10.4	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	29.2
1970-71	Philadelphia 76ers	7	43.0	47.2	70.1	0.0	0.0	15.4	5.7	0.0	0.0	4.0	25.9
1972-73	Carolina Cougars	12	39.3	50.2	68.7	2.9	8.9	11.8	5.1	0.0	4.2	4.0	23.5
1973-74	Carolina Cougars	3	20.3	29.0	80.0	1.3	4.0	5.3	2.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	7.3
Averages		770	32.4	44.0	68.8	0.7	2.2	9.5	3.6	0.1	1.0	3.9	19.6

Awards

1968 - NBA All-NBA First Team
1969 - NBA All-NBA First Team
1970 - NBA All-NBA First Team
1971 - NBA All-NBA Second Team
1972 - ABA All-ABA First Team
1972 - ABA Most Valuable Player