Billy Cunningham

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee basketball coach basketball player human

Billy Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his starring role with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1960s and 1970s and later leading the team to an NBA championship as head coach.

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instanceOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
basketball coach ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
ABAHonors ABA Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
AllNBATeamSelection All-NBA First Team ⓘ
AllStarSelection NBA All-Star ⓘ
coachedTeam Philadelphia 76ers ⓘ
coachingLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
coachingRole head coach ⓘ
collegeAttended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-06-03 ⓘ
draftedBy Philadelphia 76ers ⓘ
draftLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA
draftPickNumber 5 ⓘ
draftRound 1 ⓘ
draftYear 1965 ⓘ
fullName William John Cunningham ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
HallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 1986 ⓘ
height 198 cm ⓘ
6 ft 6 in ⓘ
highSchoolAttended Erasmus Hall High School ⓘ
St. Rose High School ⓘ
jerseyNumber 32 ⓘ
leaguePlayedIn American Basketball Association ⓘ
National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Tar Heels ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NBAChampionshipsWonAsCoach 1 ⓘ
NBAChampionshipsWonAsPlayer 1 ⓘ
nickname Billy Cunningham self-link ⓘ
The Kangaroo Kid ⓘ
notableFor leading the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA championship as head coach ⓘ
starring role with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
numberOfNBAAllStarSelections 4 ⓘ
occupation basketball coach ⓘ
professional basketball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
playedFor Carolina Cougars ⓘ
Philadelphia 76ers ⓘ
playsStyle high leaping ability ⓘ
positionPlayed power forward ⓘ
small forward ⓘ
retiredJerseyNumberBy Philadelphia 76ers ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
wonNBAChampionshipWith Philadelphia 76ers ⓘ

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Billy Cunningham → nickname → Billy Cunningham self-link ⓘ
Carolina Cougars → notablePlayer → Billy Cunningham ⓘ
Philadelphia 76ers → notablePlayer → Billy Cunningham ⓘ