Robert Cunningham (April 22, 1936 – June 20, 2006) was an American college basketball player.

[1] He was one of the five starters on the 1957 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels who was brought by coach Frank McGuire from New York.

[2][3] Cunningham was considered the team's best defensive player.

[4] Cunningham died at age 70 in a Savannah, Georgia, hospital after battling both cancer and a heart attack.

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