Richard Cunningham

Date of Birth: Mar 03, 1951
Age: 75
Place of Birth: Toronto, ON, CAN
Nation: Canada / Austria
Youth Team: -
Position: D
Height: 180 cm / 5'11"
Weight: 84 kg / 185 lbs
Shoots: R
Status: Retired

Richard Cunningham Facts

Drafted: 1971 round 4 #51 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs

Richard Cunningham Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1968-1969	Peterborough Petes	OHA-Jr.	54	10	13	23	55	-
1969-1970	Peterborough Petes	OHA-Jr.	23	8	11	19	40	-
1970-1971	Peterborough Petes "A"	OHA-Jr.	55	17	42	59	119	-
1972-1973	Ottawa Nationals	WHA	78	9	32	41	121	-	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	2	-
1973-1974	Toronto Toros	WHA	75	2	19	21	88	-	Playoffs	11	0	4	4	31	-
1974-1975	Toronto Toros	WHA	71	7	18	25	117	-	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0	-
1975-1976	Toronto Toros	WHA	36	5	14	19	75	1
1975-1976	Buffalo Norsemen	NAHL-Sr.	1	1	0	1	2	-
1976-1977	Birmingham Bulls	WHA	63	0	8	8	75	-18
1977-1978	HC Salzburg	Austria	30	35	23	58	161	-
1978-1979	Wiener EV	Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978-1979	Austria	WC B	6	5	1	6	14	-
1979-1980	Wiener EV	Austria	40	28	45	73	103	-
1980-1981	Wiener EV	Austria	32	24	35	59	83	-
1980-1981	Austria	WC C	7	9	2	11	12	-
1981-1982	Villacher SV	Austria	40	20	33	53	-	-
1981-1982	Austria	WC B	7	1	4	5	13	-
1982-1983	Villacher SV	Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982-1983	Austria	WC B	6	2	2	4	8	-
1983-1984	Villacher SV	Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983-1984	Austria Olympics	OG	5	1	1	2	8	-
1984-1985	EHC Lustenau	Austria	37	28	66	94	-	-
1984-1985	Austria	WC B	7	1	1	2	8	-
1985-1986	EHC Lustenau	Austria	30	19	31	50	28	-

Richard Cunningham Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1962-1963	Toronto Shopsy's	QC Int PW	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971-1972	Canada	Universiade	-	-	-	-	-	-

Richard Cunningham Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Austria	9	209*	154*	233*	387*	1.85*	375*	-	0
NAHL-Sr.	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	2	-	0
OG	1	5	1	1	2	0.40	8	-	0
OHA-Jr.	3	132	35	66	101	0.77	214	-	0
QC Int PW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Universiade	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC B	4	26	9	8	17	0.65	43	-	0
WC C	1	7	9	2	11	1.57	12	-	0
WHA	5	323	23	91	114	0.35	476	-17*	3	21	1	6	7	0.33	33	-

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Richard Cunningham Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Austria	5	33	18	10	28	0.85	55	-	0
Austria Olympics	1	5	1	1	2	0.40	8	-	0
Birmingham Bulls (WHA)	1	63	0	8	8	0.13	75	-18	0
Buffalo Norsemen	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	2	-	0
Canada (Universiade)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
EHC Lustenau	2	67	47	97	144	2.15	28*	-	0
HC Salzburg	1	30	35	23	58	1.93	161	-	0
Ottawa Nationals	1	78	9	32	41	0.53	121	-	1	5	1	1	2	0.40	2	-
Peterborough Petes	3	132	35	66	101	0.77	214	-	0
Toronto Shopsy's	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Toronto Toros	3	182	14	51	65	0.36	280	1*	2	16	0	5	5	0.31	31	-
Villacher SV	3	40*	20*	33*	53*	1.33*	-	-	0
Wiener EV	3	72*	52*	80*	132*	1.83*	186*	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Richard Cunningham Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1970-1971	OHL Second All-Star Team
1971-1972	Universiade Silver Medal
1978-1979	World Championship (B) All-Star Team
1979-1980	Thayer Tutt Trophy All-Star Team
1981-1982	World Championship (B) All-Star Team
1984-1985	World Championship (B) All-Star Team

Richard Cunningham Biography and Trivia

Rick Cunningham holds the all-time record for points scored by defencemen in the Austrian league. In nine seasons (or 296 games) he scored 224 goals and 373 assists for a total of 597 points. After getting naturalized on October 4th, 1978, he also played 83 games for the Austrian national team.
(by Hannes Biedermann)