AFC East

Patriots great Sam Cunningham, the franchises rushing leader, dies at 71

Sam Cunningham, the Patriots’ career rushing leader, died Tuesday in California at the age of 71. Cunningham, a first-round pick of the Patriots in 1973 out of Southern Cal, rushed for 5,453 yards in nine seasons for New England. The bruising fullback was the leader of one of the best single-season rushing attacks of all […]
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