David Cuningham

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David Cuningham
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Cuningham playing for Carlton in June 2017
Personal information
Full name David Cuningham
Nickname(s) Cunners [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 27)
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)/Melbourne Grammar (APS)
Draft No. 23, 2015 national draft
Debut Round 21, 2016, Carlton  vs. Brisbane Lions, at the Gabba
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / half-forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2016–2024 Carlton 58 (30)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Cuningham (born 30 March 1997) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Early career

Cuningham grew up in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, he played junior football for Canterbury Cobras and Boroondara Hawks in the Yarra Junior Football League. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School. He was drafted by the Carlton Football Club with their fourth selection and twenty-third overall in the 2015 national draft. [2]

AFL career

He made his debut in Round 21, 2016 against Brisbane Lions at the Gabba. [3]

Cuningham received the AFL Rising Star nomination in round 12 of the 2017 AFL season kicking 2 goals in Carlton's one-point win over Greater Western Sydney. [4] At the end of 2017 he signed a two-year contract extension. [5] During 2019, he signed another contract extension to the end of 2022. [6]

His opportunities at senior level have been hampered by injury throughout this career, troubled by his hip in 2016, [7] his knee in 2018 and 2019, [8] his calf in 2020, [9] and an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in 2021. [10]

Cuningham was delisted at the end of the 2024 season. [11]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2024 [12]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2016 Carlton 28300141731890.00.04.75.710.32.75.3
2017 Carlton 28861634010327340.70.17.9512.93.44.2
2018 Carlton 285102437611280.20.04.87.412.22.41.6
2019 Carlton 28975657914428320.80.67.28.816.03.13.6
2020 Carlton 28121718312.01.07.01.08.03.01.0
2021 Carlton 28432262854960.80.56.57.013.52.21.5
2022 Carlton 280––––––––––––––
2023 Carlton 2812646410216626450.50.35.38.513.82.23.7
2024 Carlton 285121821397100.20.43.64.27.83.52.0
Career5830203463907361491830.50.36.06.712.72.63.2

References

  1. ↑ "Cunners Highlights". carltonfc.com.au. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Bowen, Nick (24 November 2015). "Blues look to rebuild spine at AFL draft". AFL.com.au. Bigpond . Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Balales, Danielle (11 August 2016). "Another Blue to debut". CarltonFC.com.au. Bigpond . Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Di Giorgio, Giulio (2 June 2017). "Blues bag third Rising Star nomination". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Navaratnam, Dinny (14 September 2017). "Rising Blue adds two years to his stay". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Ben Madden (1 August 2019). "Carlton's David Cuningham signs three-year deal". Sporting News.
  7. ↑ "Cobras Rising Star - David Cunningham". 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Julian Wallace (24 September 2019). "Season review: David Cuningham" . Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Season review: David Cuningham". 14 October 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Injury update: David Cuningham". 17 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ↑ https://www.afl.com.au/news/1218360/former-sun-ex-giant-among-five-carlton-blues-delisted-after-injury-hit-season
  12. ↑ "David Cuningham". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 November 2017.


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