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Photos: Remembering Patriots Great Sam "Bam" Cunningham

Presenting some of our favorite photos of former Patriots running back Sam "Bam" Cunningham, the Patriots all-time leading rusher who passed away this week.

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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, right, shakes hands with former Patriots Sam Cunningham as Cunningham is inducted into the team's hall of fame during a ceremony at Gillette Stadium before an NFL preseason football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Patriots in Foxborough, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, right, shakes hands with former Patriots Sam Cunningham as Cunningham is inducted into the team's hall of fame during a ceremony at Gillette Stadium before an NFL preseason football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Patriots in Foxborough, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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