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{{Short description|English footballer (1956–1989)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Laurie Cunningham
| image          = Souness (links) en Neal (rechts) in duel met Cunningham (Real Madrid).jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Cunningham (right) playing for [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] in  1981
| fullname       = Laurence Paul Cunningham
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1956|3|8|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Archway, London]], England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1989|7|15|1956|3|8|df=y}}
| death_place    = [[Madrid]], Spain
| height         = 
| position       = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]]
| youthyears1    = |youthclubs1 = 
| years1         = 1974–1977 |clubs1  = [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]]                  |caps1  = 75 |goals1  = 15
| years2         = 1977–1979 |clubs2  = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]    |caps2  = 86 |goals2  = 21
| years3         = 1979–1984 |clubs3  = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]                        |caps3  = 44 |goals3  = 13
| years4         = 1983      |clubs4  = → [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] (loan) |caps4  = 5  |goals4  = 1
| years5         = 1983–1984 |clubs5  = → [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]] (loan)         |caps5  = 30 |goals5  = 3
| years6         = 1984–1985 |clubs6  = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]                  |caps6  = 30 |goals6  = 8
| years7         = 1985–1986 |clubs7  = [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]                |caps7  = 15 |goals7  = 0
| years8         = 1986–1987 |clubs8  = [[Rayo Vallecano]]                                    |caps8  = 37 |goals8  = 1
| years9         = 1987      |clubs9  = [[R. Charleroi S.C.|Charleroi]]                       |caps9  = 1  |goals9  = 0
| years10        = 1988      |clubs10 = [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]]                          |caps10 = 6  |goals10 = 1
| years11        = 1988–1989 |clubs11 = [[Rayo Vallecano]]                                    |caps11 = 19 |goals11 = 1
| totalcaps      = 348 |totalgoals = 67
| nationalyears1 = 1977–1978 |nationalteam1 = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]] |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 1978      |nationalteam2 = [[England B national football team|England B]]          |nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1979–1980 |nationalteam3 = [[England national football team|England]]              |nationalcaps3 = 6 |nationalgoals3 = 0
}}
'''Laurence Paul Cunningham''' (8 March 1956 – 15 July 1989) was an [[English people|English]] professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Winger (association football)|winger]]. He notably played in [[English Football League|England]], [[Ligue 1|France]], and [[La Liga|Spain]], where he became the first-ever [[English people|English]] player to sign for [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]].

Cunningham had signed a schoolboy contract with [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in 1970, but was released in 1972 as his style of play was deemed incompatible with the Gunners' "give and go" tactics.<ref name = "BBC trail">{{Cite news|title=The electric trailblazer who met a tragic end in Madrid|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC Sport]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58822497|access-date=2021-10-14}}</ref> In 1974, he was picked up by second-tier side [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] where he remained for three years. But it was following his move to [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] in 1977 that his career really took off. There he played alongside [[Cyrille Regis]] and [[Brendon Batson]] under coach [[Ron Atkinson]], becoming only the second trio of black players to be fielded in the top flight of English football. They became known as the ''Three Degrees'' – a term coined by Atkinson in reference to the American soul [[The Three Degrees|group of the same name]].<ref name = "BBC trail"/> His form at [[the Hawthorns]] later earned a move to Real Madrid, where he remained for five years, winning [[1979–80 La Liga|La Liga]] once and the [[Copa del Rey]] twice. After a spell in France with [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]], he returned to England with [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] in 1985, followed by another spell in Spain with [[Rayo Vallecano]], and helped them secure La Liga promotion with his winning goal in the 86/87 season. Cunningham signed with [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]] in 1988, where, as a member of the "[[Crazy Gang (football)|Crazy Gang]]", he won the FA Cup in 1988 for the final trophy of his career.

Cunningham received his first international call-up to the [[England U21]] side in 1977 while playing for West Bromwich Albion, becoming the first black footballer to represent an England international team organised by [[the Football Association]]. He later earned six caps for the full national team between 1979 and 1980, becoming one of the first-ever black England internationals.

While playing for Rayo Vallecano, Cunningham died in a brutal car accident in [[Madrid]] on the morning of 15 July 1989, at the age of 33.<ref name="Cunningham killed in car crash">{{cite news| title=Cunningham killed in car crash| newspaper=The Observer| date=16 July 1989| page=18| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15233661/laurie_cunningham_death/| via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Early life ==
Born in [[Archway, London]], he was the son of a former Jamaican race-horse jockey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/laurie-cunningham-tragic-tale-of-the-former-manchester-united-player-who-amazed-real-madrid-8518577.html |title=Laurie Cunningham: Tragic tale of the former Manchester United player |work=The Independent |date= 4 March 2013|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> Cunningham started in schoolboy football and was turned down by [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] before joining [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] in 1974.<ref name="Shea">{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8149282.stm|title=From Brisbane Road to the Bernabeu|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Julian|last=Shea|date=15 July 2009}}</ref>

== Club career ==
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===West Bromwich Albion===
He joined [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] in 1977, where, under manager [[Johnny Giles]], he teamed up with another black player, [[Cyrille Regis]], and the following year under [[Ron Atkinson]], with [[Brendon Batson]]. This was the second time an English top-flight team simultaneously fielded three black players (the first being [[Clyde Best]], [[Clive Charles]] and [[Ade Coker]] for [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] against [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] in April 1972) and Atkinson collectively referred to Cunningham, Batson and Regis as the ''Three Degrees'' after the [[The Three Degrees|U.S. soul singing trio]].<ref name="Shea" />

Whilst a West Bromwich Albion player, he played in a [[Len Cantello Testimonial Match|benefit match]] for [[Len Cantello]], that saw a team of white players play against a team of black players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37924448|title=The match that pitted white players against black players|date=17 November 2016|access-date=18 November 2016|first=Adrian|last=Chiles|authorlink=Adrian Chiles|work=BBC News}}</ref>

===Real Madrid===
In the summer of 1979, he made a historic move as the first English player to transfer to [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], who paid West Bromwich Albion a fee of £950,000.<ref name="Shea" /> He scored twice on his debut and helped Madrid win the league and cup [[Double (association football)|double]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Aarons |title=Laurie Cunningham: Tragic tale of the former Manchester United player who amazed Real Madrid |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/laurie-cunningham-tragic-tale-of-the-former-manchester-united-player-who-amazed-real-madrid-8518577.html |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print |date=4 March 2013 |access-date=13 April 2013 |location=London}}</ref>

Cunningham began the 1980–81 season with Madrid well and scored goals in the early rounds of the [[1980–81 European Cup|European Cup]], but then succumbed to injury, and required an operation on a broken toe. He recovered just in time for the [[1981 European Cup final]] against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in [[Paris]], as Madrid lost 1–0. During pre-season training for the 1981–82 season, a thigh injury kept Cunningham out of the majority of the season (only three goalless appearances in the league), his only real noteworthy contribution was in the [[1981–82 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] quarter-final tie against [[1. FC Kaiserslautern|Kaiserslautern]]. In the first leg, Cunningham scored a goal in Madrid's 3–1 win. In the second leg, however, he was sent off shortly before halftime for retaliation, as Kaiserslautern won 5–0 to inflict Madrid's worst-ever result in European competition. Cunningham won a second [[Copa del Rey]] medal as he played in the final, when Madrid beat [[Sporting Gijón]] 2–1, but it was a depressing campaign for him. For the next season, with Madrid signing [[Johnny Metgod]] to join [[Uli Stielike]] as the two permitted foreigners, Cunningham spent most of the 1982–83 season on the sidelines, until he reunited with [[Ron Atkinson]] at [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] on loan in April 1983. He left Madrid after the 1982–83 season,<ref name="Shea" /> joining Gijón and subsequently [[Olympique Marseille|Marseille]].<ref name=feng/>

===Later career===
Cunningham only remained in France for one season in 1984–85, before heading back to England to join [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], although he played only half a season due to further injury. At the end of the 1985–86 season, Cunningham went back to Spain to play for [[Rayo Vallecano]] in the second tier. He moved to [[R. Charleroi S.C.|Charleroi]] in Belgium for the 1987–88 campaign, but was yet again struck down by injury, and in the new year was back in England on a short-term deal with [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]], where he managed to help the ''Dons'' beat [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the [[1988 FA Cup final]].

Cunningham later moved back to Spain and Rayo Vallecano for the 1988–89 season. He scored the goal that secured their promotion to the [[La Liga|Primera Division]].<ref name="Shea" /> Cunningham was killed in a car crash in [[Madrid]] on the morning of 15 July 1989, at the age of 33.<ref name="Cunningham killed in car crash"/> He was survived by his wife and their son.

== International career ==
On 27 April 1977, Cunningham made his debut for the [[England national under-21 football team|England under-21's team]] in a friendly match against [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland]] at [[Bramall Lane]], scoring on his debut. At the time, he was considered the first black player to wear an England shirt at any level,<ref name="The FA">[https://archive.today/20080202124413/http://www.thefa.com/NR/exeres/02E29C89-E076-4290-876C-7D7FAC911081,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published ''FA PR— Laurie Cunningham'']</ref> but it was later revealed that [[Benjamin Odeje]] had played for the [[English Schools' Football Association|England Schoolboys]] team in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/ben-odeje-england-first-black-footballer-charlton-athletic-427541|title=England's first black international and his 42-year wait for recognition|work=[[i (British newspaper)|i]]|first=Daniel|last=Storey|date=13 May 2020|access-date=6 March 2024}}</ref>

In 1979, he made his debut for the [[England national football team]] in a [[British Home Championship|Home International]] match against [[Wales national football team|Wales]]. 

Although [[Viv Anderson]] had been England's first black full international when he made his debut in a friendly in November 1978, Cunningham was the first to have appeared at the highest level in a competitive match.

Despite playing a key role in the Spanish [[Double (association football)|double]] with [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], Cunningham was overlooked by England manager [[Ron Greenwood]] for a place in the England squad for [[UEFA Euro 1980]].<ref name=feng/> He was called up by Greenwood for the [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|1982 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] against [[Norway national football team|Norway]], only to be an unused sub as England won 4–0. In the next qualifier against [[Romania national football team|Romania]], he came off the bench but was unable to help England avoid a 2–1 defeat. This proved to be the last of his six England caps.<ref name=feng>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-england.com/laurie_cunningham.html|title=Laurie Cunningham - Football Career|publisher=football-england.com|access-date=13 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703193035/http://www.football-england.com/laurie_cunningham.html|archive-date=3 July 2013}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
In November 2004, he was named as one of West Bromwich Albion's 16 greatest players, in a poll organised as part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations. The club announced that Cunningham would feature in a mural of the former players to be displayed at [[The Hawthorns]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The wraps come off 125th anniversary mural |url=http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~547701,00.html |publisher=West Bromwich Albion FC |date=17 November 2004 |access-date=10 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202125701/http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10366~547701%2C00.html |archive-date= 2 February 2008}}</ref>

In October 2013, the [[Nubian Jak Community Trust]] unveiled a [[blue plaque]] outside [[Brisbane Road]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.kickitout.org/news/leyton-orient-to-unveil-laurie-cunningham-plaque/| title=Leyton Orient To Unveil Laurie Cunningham Plaque| publisher=Kick It Out| access-date=4 May 2018| archive-date=4 May 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504230645/http://www.kickitout.org/news/leyton-orient-to-unveil-laurie-cunningham-plaque/| url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2015, [[English Heritage]] erected a blue plaque on Cunningham's childhood home at 73 Lancaster Road, Stroud Green, London.<ref name="EH">{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/cunningham-laurie-1956-1989|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927112433/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/cunningham-laurie-1956-1989|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2016|title=Cunningham, Laurie (1956–1989)|publisher=[[English Heritage]]|access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>

In November 2017, a statue by [[Graham Ibbeson]] was unveiled in Coronation Gardens, Leyton, near Brisbane Road, paying tribute to Cunningham and his time at [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Orient icon Laurie Cunningham honoured with statue | first = Jonathan | last = Hunn | work = London Evening Standard | date = 30 November 2017 | access-date = 3 May 2018 | url = https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/leyton-orient-icon-laurie-cunningham-honoured-with-statue-a3706006.html}}</ref> Another statue by Ibbeson was unveiled in [[West Bromwich]] town centre in May 2019. The work commemorates Cunningham's time at Albion alongside black teammates [[Cyrille Regis]] and [[Brendon Batson]], with a spokesperson for the organisers commenting that "the three players opened the gates to allow black players into football at a time when they were locked out".<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Bromwich Albion: Statue of legends Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Brendan Batson due to be unveiled |work=CBBC Newsround |date=21 May 2019 |access-date=21 May 2019 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48339510}}</ref>

A play based on his life, ''Getting the Third Degree'' by [[Dougie Blaxland]], was first performed in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Blease|first=Melissa|date=8 October 2019|title=Getting The Third Degree: Interview with Dougie Blaxland|url=https://thebathmagazine.co.uk/getting-the-third-degree-interview-with-dougie-blaxland|website=The Bath Magazine|access-date=27 January 2020|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127044440/https://thebathmagazine.co.uk/getting-the-third-degree-interview-with-dougie-blaxland|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Tributes===
<gallery>
File:Laurie Cunningham statue.png|Statue of Cunningham near [[Brisbane Road]]
File:The Three Degrees statue - New Square, West Bromwich (48488490306).jpg|Statue of the Three Degrees by [[Graham Ibbeson]], in [[West Bromwich]] New Square
File:Laurie Cunningham 1956-1989 football legend pioneering England International played for Leyton Orient FC 1974-1977.jpg|Blue plaque outside Brisbane Road
</gallery>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{NFT|19612|name=Laurie Cunningham|accessdate=15 July 2009}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|League cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Leyton Orient F.C.|Orient]]
|[[1974–75 Football League|1974–75]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|17||1||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||18||1
|-
|[[1975–76 Football League|1975–76]]
|34||8||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||35||8
|-
|[[1976–77 Football League|1976–77]]
|24||6||4||0||4||1||colspan="2"|—||32||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!75!!15!!5!!0!!5!!1!!0!!0!!85!!16
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
|[[1976–77 Football League|1976–77]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|13||6||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||13||6
|-
|[[1977–78 Football League|1977–78]]
|33||6||4||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||40||6
|-
|[[1978–79 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season|1978–79]]
|40||9||6||3||3||0|| |8||4||57||16
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!86!!21!!10!!3!!6!!0!!8!!4!!110!!28
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|[[1979–80 Real Madrid CF season|1979–80]]
|rowspan="4"|[[La Liga]]
|29||8||5||1||colspan="2"|—||7||3||41||12
|-
|[[1980–81 Real Madrid CF season|1980–81]]
|12||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5||2||17||7
|-
|[[1981–82 Real Madrid CF season|1981–82]]
|3||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||2||1||8||1
|-
|[[1982–83 Real Madrid CF season|1982–83]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!44!!13!!8!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!14!!6!!66!!20
|-
|[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] (loan)
|[[1982–83 Manchester United F.C. season|1982–83]]
|First Division
|5||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5||1
|-
|[[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]] (loan)
|[[1983–84 La Liga|1983–84]]
|La Liga
|30||3||10||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||40||7
|-
|[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|[[1984–85 French Division 1|1984–85]]
|[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]
|30||8||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||8
|-
|[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
|[[1985–86 Leicester City F.C. season|1985–86]]
|First Division
|15||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||15||0
|-
|[[Rayo Vallecano]]
|[[1986–87 Segunda División|1986–87]]
|[[Segunda División]]
|37||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||37||3
|-
|[[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]]
|[[1987–88 Wimbledon F.C. season|1987–88]]
|First Division
|6||2||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||8||2
|-
|[[R. Charleroi S.C.|Charleroi]]
|[[1987–88 Belgian First Division|1987–88]]
|[[Belgian First Division|First Division]]
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[Rayo Vallecano]]
|[[1988–89 Segunda División|1988–89]]
|Segunda División
|19||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!348!!67!!39!!8!!11!!1!!22!!10!!420!!86
|}

===International===
:Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersC/BioCunninghamLP.html|title=Laurie Cunningham|publisher=England Football Online|access-date=6 March 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3" |[[England national football team|England]]
|-
|1979||3||0
|-
|1980||3||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||6||0
|}

== Honours ==

'''Real Madrid'''
* [[La Liga]]: [[1979–80 La Liga|1979–80]]
* [[Copa del Rey]]: [[1979–80 Copa del Rey|1979–80]], [[1981–82 Copa del Rey|1981–82]]

'''Wimbledon'''
* [[FA Cup]]: [[1988 FA Cup final|1987–88]]

==Bibliography==
*D. Bowler & J. Bains (2000), ''Samba in the Smethwick End: Regis, Cunningham, Batson and the Football Revolution''. {{ISBN|1-84018-188-5}}
*Paul Rees (2014), ''The Three Degrees The Men Who Changed British Football Forever''. {{ISBN|978-1-4721-1926-1}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130703193035/http://www.football-england.com/laurie_cunningham.html Profile on football-england.com]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dahgFWef9K8 Laurie's Legacy], Waltham Forest Council – via YouTube

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