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Emlen Tunnell Enshrinement Speech 1967. Presenter: Father Dudley. Thank you, Jim. Yesterday afternoo11 a gentleman named, I hate to use the first name that I heard, Cooty Rich, asked me about my experiences in football and he began by asking me whether or not, I ever played the game.
In his Hall of Fame induction speech, Tunnell thanked a West Indian banana-truck driver who dropped him off near this Polo Grounds "appointment". As a rookie in 1948, Tunnell appeared in 10 games and intercepted seven passes, including one returned 43 yards for a touchdown.
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Tunnell's Hall of Fame enshrinement speech, delivered eight years earlier, lasted five sentences before he got choked up. He thanked his teammates, his family and the Maras.
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Jan 15, 2012 · I know as a young training camp ball boy, we all wanted to be working around Emlen.” In 1967, Tunnell was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
Feb 4, 2023 · In 1967, Tunnell was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the first black athlete inducted into the Hall. Tunnell’s Hall bio reads, “I could make tackles until I’m 50. Your body may go, but your heart doesn’t.” Just eight years later, on July 23, 1975, Tunnell died of a heart attack.
Mar 31, 2014 · Emlen Lewis Tunnell was the first African American named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967. He was also the first pro football player to gain recognition as a defensive back, and set a record for career interceptions that would hold for two decades. Tunnell was born to Elzie Tunnell and Catherine Adams Tunnell on March 29, 1925 in Bryn ...
Dec 22, 2011 · We all just lived together—Italians, Irish, Germans, English, Negroes and just about everyone else,” wrote Tunnell—the first black player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame—in his 1966 autobiography. That nurturing background set the pattern for an amiable man who disarmed others with his personality, then wowed them with his ...
