Ed Cunningham

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Personal information

Date of birth:

August 17, 1969 (age 47)

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Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

285 lb (129 kg)

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NFL Draft:

1992 / Round: 3 / Pick: 61

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Ed Cunningham (born August 17, 1969) is an American sports announcer, film producer, and former professional American football player. He played center for five seasons for the Arizona Cardinals and the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. Prior to his professional football career, Cunningham played center for the Washington Huskies, helping them win a national championship in 1991. After his football career, he became a football analyst for TNN (now known as Spike) calling games for the Arena Football League with Eli Gold as his broadcast partner. Cunningham later moved on to calling college football games for CBS and then ABC. In 2007, he worked with play-by-play announcer Ron Franklin and sideline reporter Jack Arute on ABC regional telecasts. In 2008, Cunningham added to his duties on ESPN, as an in-studio football analyst on College Football Live. He continued to work with Franklin and Arute on ABC regional telecasts as well. More recently, he has been teamed with Mike Patrick on ABC and ESPN telecasts. Additionally, he was a producer on the documentaries The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and Undefeated (2011), which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.