# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-cunningham
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:15:29.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-cunningham"
name: "Billy Cunningham"
slug: "billy-cunningham"
description: "William John Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid for his leaping and record-setting rebounding abilities. He spent a total of 17 seasons with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, and two seasons as a player with the Carolina Cougars of the ABA."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Cunningham_65-72.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1943-06-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.568408574533241
  historical:           18.12469466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 234
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Cunningham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Cunningham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711505"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump