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| Date of birth | September 14, 1945 |
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| Place of birth | Louisville, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Date of death | January 13, 2015 (aged 69) |
| Place of death | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| US college | Mississippi |
| NFL draft | 1967 / Round: 6 / Pick: 145 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1967–1973 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 1974 | Washington Redskins |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Career stats | |
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Julian Douglas Cunningham (September 14, 1945 – January 13, 2015) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Mississippi and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1967 NFL Draft.[1]
Cunningham was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[2][3]
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- ^ "Hall of Famer, Ole Miss great Doug Cunningham dies".
- ^ "The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)". Concussion Legacy Foundation. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller (June 20, 2023). "Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
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