Randall Cunningham
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey numbers: 12, 7, 1 |
| born March 27, 1963 in Santa Barbara , California | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1985 - 2001 | |
| NFL Draft : 1985 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37 | |
| College : UNLV | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Touchdowns : interceptions | 207: 134 |
| Quarterback rating | 81.5 |
| Passing yards | 29,979 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Randall Wade Cunningham (* 27. March 1963 in Santa Barbara , California ) is a former American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . He played in the National Football League (NFL) for sixteen years , eleven of them for the Philadelphia Eagles .
Youth and college
Randall Cunningham was born in Santa Barbara on March 27, 1963. His father, Samuel, was a railroad worker and his mother, Mabel, was a nurse. He finished high school in Santa Barbara in 1981 and then played college football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) until 1984 , where he was also used as a punter and was voted All-American .
NFL
Philadelphia Eagles
Cunningham was selected as the 37th player in the 1985 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles . He was an athletic quarterback who could both throw and run: in his career he threw passes for 29,979 yards and scored an additional 4,928 yards in the running game . In his third year he ousted Ron Jaworski as starting quarterback and led the team of Head Coach Buddy Ryan to the NFC Championship Game in 1988 , where they failed in the fog-shrouded Fog Bowl at the Chicago Bears . Even so, Cunningham was elected to the Pro Bowl for the first time , which he repeated over the next two years. In 1990 he had his statistically best season (4,404 yards of space gain, 30 touchdowns , 13 interceptions ) and won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award . In the following year he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture, could no longer build on his achievements and was, after moderate years, released in 1995 by the Eagles.
comeback
After a year of abstinence as an analyst for Turner Network Television (TNT), Cunningham made an impressive comeback in 1997 with the Minnesota Vikings . When the starting quarterback of the Vikings, Brad Johnson , was injured, he stepped in and used his wide receivers Randy Moss and Cris Carter so well (3,704 yards, 34 touchdowns, Pro Bowl ) that the Vikings with 556 points a new NFL - Set a record. After the Vikings were eliminated in the play-offs in extra time against the Atlanta Falcons , Cunningham lost his regular place in 1999 to Jeff George . At the end of his career he played as a reservist for the Dallas Cowboys (2000) and the Baltimore Ravens (2001), before ending his career at the age of 38 after 16 seasons in the NFL.
Private life
Cunningham is a born again Christian and was ordained after retiring as a Protestant pastor . He is married to Felicity and has two sons. His two-year-old son Christian drowned in 2010 in a hot tub that Cunningham used for baptisms . His daughter Vashti Cunningham and son Randall Cunningham II are both high jumpers.
Web links
- Randall Cunningham in the nndb (English)
- Pastor Randall Cunningham's website
- Article on the death of Cunningham's son
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael J Watkins: Randall Cunningham: Biography from Answers.com. Gale Contemporary Black Biography. In: answers.com. Retrieved November 28, 2013 : "Born Randall Wade Cunningham, on March 27, 1963, in Santa Barbara, CA; son of Samuel (a railroad worker) and Mabel (a nurse); wife, Felicity Cunningham; children: Randall II. "
- ↑ Ray Brewer: Randall Cunningham hopes eighth time is a charm for College Football Hall of Fame - Las Vegas Sun News. In: lasvegassun.com. March 5, 2013, accessed on November 28, 2013 (English): "The best player in UNLV history, All-American punter and quarterback Randall Cunningham, again a finalist for the Hall"
- ^ Kyle Koster: Randall Cunningham's 2-year-old son drowns in hot tub - Sports Pros (e). (No longer available online.) In: blogs.suntimes.com. June 30, 2010; Archived from the original on July 3, 2010 ; accessed on November 28, 2013 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Cunningham, Randall |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cunningham, Randall Wade (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Barbara , California |