Detail View: African - Americans on the Central Coast: Sam Cunningham, Outstanding Senior Boy, Class of 1969 : Sam was chairman of the Athletic Committee, a member of Key Club and United Black Students and excelled in shot-put as well as football. He won All-American honors from Parade and Scholastic magazines. He attended the University of Southern California and as Sam "Barn" played football with the New England Patriots. (His brother Randall, Class of 1980, plays football for the Philadelphia Eagles.)

Title: 
Sam Cunningham, Outstanding Senior Boy, Class of 1969 : Sam was chairman of the Athletic Committee, a member of Key Club and United Black Students and excelled in shot-put as well as football. He won All-American honors from Parade and Scholastic magazines. He attended the University of Southern California and as Sam "Barn" played football with the New England Patriots. (His brother Randall, Class of 1980, plays football for the Philadelphia Eagles.)
Creator: 
unknown
Date: 
1969
Description: 
Sam Cunningham smiles and stands with hands in pockets. Printed on his zipped jacket is a football with number "34" and "Santa Barbara Dons." Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara High School.
Format: 
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Type: 
image
Contributor: 
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Subject: 
Cunningham, Sam
Subject: 
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Subject: 
Santa Barbara High School (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Subject: 
African American football players -- California
Subject: 
African Americans -- California -- Santa Barbara County
Language: 
eng
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Copyright Holder: 
Copyright status unknown.
Note: 
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Note: 
Originally published as part of African - Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay
Identifier: 
AA051
Filename: 
BG-AA-14-051.jpg