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JIM CUNNINGHAM

Cunningham, James Walter
Height: 5-11 Weight: 221
Born: March 11, 1939 Connellsville, PA
High School: Connellsville (PA)

Year	College	Status
1957	Pittsburgh
1958	Pittsburgh	Lettered
1959	Pittsburgh	Lettered
1960	Pittsburgh	Lettered

Draft: 14th round (109th overall) 1961 New York Titans; 3rd round (39th overall) 1961 Washington Redskins

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1961 Washington Redskins (NFL)1961 WAS NFL	30	FB	14	2
1962 Washington Redskins (NFL)1962 WAS NFL	30	FB	14	0
1963 Washington Redskins (NFL)1963 WAS NFL	30	FB	14	0
1964 Wheeling Ironmen (UFL)1964 WHE UFL	34	FB-LB
1965 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1965 WHE COFL	34	LB-FB
1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1966 WHE COFL	34	MLB-LLB	14
1967 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1967 WHE COFL	34	MLB
1968 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1968 OV COFL	34	MLB
1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL	34	LB
3 Years (NFL)3 Years NFL			42	2

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/5/1960	1961 New York Titans (AFL)1961 NY AFL
Draft	12/27/1960	1961 Washington Redskins (NFL)1961 WAS NFL
Signed	12/31/1960	1961 Washington Redskins (NFL)1961 WAS NFL
Released		1964 Washington Redskins (NFL)1964 WAS NFL
Signed		1964 Wheeling Ironmen (UFL)1964 WHE UFL
Free Agent		1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1961 Washington Redskins (NFL)1961 WAS NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1962 Washington Redskins (NFL)1962 WAS NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1963 Washington Redskins (NFL)1963 WAS NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1964 Wheeling Ironmen (UFL)1964 WHE UFL	2	0			-	-	-	0			-	0	12
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1961 Washington Redskins (NFL)1961 WAS NFL	69	160	2.3	19	1		0	0
1962 Washington Redskins (NFL)1962 WAS NFL	35	144	4.1	27	1			0
1963 Washington Redskins (NFL)1963 WAS NFL	16	33	2.1	7	1		0	0
1964 Wheeling Ironmen (UFL)1964 WHE UFL					2
1965 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1965 WHE COFL	6	16	2.7	4	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	120	337	2.8	27	3		0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1961 Washington Redskins (NFL)1961 WAS NFL		12		90	7.5	17	1		0	0
1962 Washington Redskins (NFL)1962 WAS NFL		6		43	7.2	23	1			0
1963 Washington Redskins (NFL)1963 WAS NFL		8		86	10.8	19	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		26		219	8.4	23	2		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1965 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1965 WHE COFL	2	37	18.5	23	0
1967 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1967 WHE COFL	2	28	14.0	28	0
1968 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1968 OV COFL	2	20	10.0	16	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1961 Washington Redskins (NFL)1961 WAS NFL	1	46	46.0	46	0
1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1966 WHE COFL	1	34	34.0	34	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	46	46.0	46	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1966 WHE COFL	1	0	16	16.0	16	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1961 Washington Redskins (NFL)1961 WAS NFL	4		80	20.0	24	0		0
1962 Washington Redskins (NFL)1962 WAS NFL	2		54	27.0	31	0	2	0
1963 Washington Redskins (NFL)1963 WAS NFL	6		96	16.0	24	0		0
1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)1966 WHE COFL	4		47	11.8	21	0		0
1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)1969 OV COFL	2		24	12.0	23	0	1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	12		230	19.2	31	0	2	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1961 Washington Redskins (NFL)1961 WAS NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1962 Washington Redskins (NFL)1962 WAS NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1963 Washington Redskins (NFL)1963 WAS NFL	1		1	0	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3		1	0	1	0	0

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