Richard Karekin Cunningham (born October 12, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former American football linebacker. He played in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills and in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills, the Houston Oilers, and the Philadelphia Eagles from 1967 to 1973. Cunningham played college football at the University of Arkansas and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1966 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. While at Arkansas, Cunningham was a member of Xi Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.