Harold Brewer "Cookie" Cunningham (February 4, 1905 – November 3, 1995) was an American professional

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player,

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player, and basketball coach. A two-sport athlete at

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, he started playing both football and basketball on the professional level in 1926. He started his professional football career by playing

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for the Cleveland Panthers of the first American Football League. After the folding of the AFL, he played the same position for the

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(1927),

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(1929), and the

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(1931) of the

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. In the same five-year span, Cunningham also played

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for the Cleveland Rosenblums and the Toledo Red Man Tobaccos ( American Basketball League).

Coaching career

Subsequently, he became a

coach, first on the collegiate level before becoming a player-coach in the National Basketball League ( Columbus Athletic Supply in 1937–38). He subsequently returned to the college ranks, coaching for

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(1939–1942) and the

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(1946–1948).

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