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UNC Basketball: Top 5 UNC power forwards of all time

By Horran Cameron

Sep 25, 2015; Charlotte, NC, USA; Charlotte Hornets forward/center Tyler Hansbrough (50) during media day at the Time Warner Cable Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2015; Charlotte, NC, USA; Charlotte Hornets forward/center Tyler Hansbrough (50) during media day at the Time Warner Cable Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports /
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#3: Billy Cunningham, UNC (1962-1965)

Billy Cunningham is also known as “The Kangaroo Kid” due to his extraordinary leaping ability. At 6’6 210 pounds, Cunningham outrebounded many of his defenders.

He attains several records at North Carolina including most consecutive double-doubles in points and rebounds during career (40; NCAA Record), highest rebounding average for UNC career (16.1 in three seasons; 339 rebounds in 21 games), Actually has the top three highest single-season rebounding averages (16.1, 15.8, 14.3), highest career rebounding career average (15.4), two of the top three single-season records for most double-figures in rebounds season (21 in 1962-63, 22 in 1963-64), three of the top five single-game records for most rebounds (25 against Tulane 1963, 27 against Clemson in 1963, 28 against Maryland in 1964), fifth most rebounds in a single season (379), 18th all time in career points (1,709), most field goals made in a game (21 against Tulane in 1964).

Cunningham was a third-team AP All-American in 1965.

He won an NBA Championship with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967 as a player and as their coach in 1983. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985, in addition to being named one of the NBA’s 50th greatest players of all time.

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