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Emlen Lewis Tunnell (29 mars 1924 - 22 juillet 1975) est un joueur de football américain. En 1967 , il est le premier Afro-américain à être intronisé au Pro Football Hall of Fame . Tunnell entame sa carrière de footballeur professionnel en 1948 après des études à l' université de Toledo et à l' Université de l'Iowa puis un service militaire au sein des gardes côtiers des États-Unis .
Emlen Lewis Tunnell (born March 29, 1925 - died July 22, 1975) was an American football player. He was the first African-American to play for the New York Giants,[1] and was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1967. He played in the National Football League for the Giants and Green Bay Packers. Tunnell played college football at the University of Iowa. In 1999, Tunnell was ...
26 de may. de 2023 · Emlen Tunnell’s Military Service. The Coast Guard named a Coast Guard cutter and athletic building after Emlen Tunnell (AP News). Despite the draft, the Navy and the Army didn’t want him because of his broken neck. The neck brace he wore for a year may have contributed to the military’s decision.
5 de feb. de 2021 · Emlen Tunnell’s NFL records for interceptions and punt returns were still unbroken when he died in 1975. Honoring a Coast Guard hero. The Coast Guard awarded Tunnell a posthumous Silver Lifesaving Medal for heroism in 2011. Accepting the medal on his behalf were his sister Vivian Tunnell, ...
16 de feb. de 2024 · The most successful Black football star of his era, and, in 1967, the first Black inductee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Emlen Tunnell is, sadly, almost forgotten now. A WWII hero who served with distinction in the Coast Guard, Tunnell followed his service with a groundbreaking career in the NFL.
1 de ene. de 2015 · Emlen Tunnell. Jan 01, 2015 at 12:04 PM. Tunnell was signed by the Giants as a free agent out of Iowa in 1948 and played 11 seasons for the team. Ignored in the NFL draft, Tunnell walked into the Giants office and asked Tim Mara for a tryout. Tunnell was the first African-American player signed by the Giants. Fifty-two years after playing his ...
Tunnell also joined the NFL 1950’s All-Decade Team and the NFL’s 100 All-Time Team where he ranked 70. He went on to become the first African American talent scout, assistant coach, and full-time assistant coach in the NFL. The Legacy of Emlen Tunnell Lives On. Emlen Tunnell died of a heart attack somewhere between the ages of 50 and 53.
