EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- It's a story that is begging to be told, the incredible life of New York Giants all-time great Emlen Lewis Tunnell.
"I don't think people knew his full story, from what he did in the war, and the fact he hitchhiked up to New York to get that tryout. If anyone deserves to have a movie made about his life, it was Emlen Tunnell," co-owner John Mara said.
In 1948, one year after Jackie Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Tunnell became the first African-American to play for the football Giants.