Emlen Tunnell
American football player (1925-1975) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Lived 1924 to 1975 · aged 51
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.
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Green Bay Packers
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Iowa Hawkeyes football
Toledo Rockets men's basketball
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Tunnell played basketball for the racially integrated District 12 team at Coast Guard Station Alameda in 1943.
The Coast Guard named the Bernard C. Webber, and all its other Sentinel class cutters, after heroes, and chose to name the 45th vessel after Tunnell, the number he wore during his Hall of Fame career with the NY Giants.Awards
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Lived 1924 to 1975 · aged 51