John Cunningham (baseball)
John C. Cunningham was an American Negro leagues shortstop and for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first season.
A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Cunningham was the older brother of fellow-Negro leaguer Marion Cunningham. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1912 with the French Lick Plutos, and went on to play for the St. Louis Giants and Dayton Marcos.