# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emlen-tunnell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:54:56.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emlen-tunnell"
name: "Emlen Tunnell"
slug: "emlen-tunnell"
description: "Emlen Lewis Tunnell, nicknamed \"the Gremlin\", was an American professional football player and coach. He was the first African American to play for the New York Giants and also the first to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American football player (1925-1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emlen_L._Tunnell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1924-03-29"
deathDate: "1975-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.58
  momentum:             2.991202346041056
  historical:           6.589061333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell"
    title: "Emlen Tunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "املين تونيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell"
    title: "Emlen Tunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell"
    title: "Emlen Tunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell"
    title: "Emlen Tunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell"
    title: "Emlen Tunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell"
    title: "Emlen Tunnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump