Philly.com · Feb 18, 2017
Frank's Place: A giant in more ways than one
AP (left) and statue organizers Emlen Tunnell, who grew up in Radnor, was a pioneering African-American in the NFL, playing 14 seasons for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers. At left, he poses in 1951. At right is an image of the statue that a group hopes to build to honor Tunnell. As sculptor Jennifer Frudakis tries to craft a bronze likeness of Emlen Tunnell, it's the eyes that haunt and challenge her.
"His eyes," Frudakis said Friday, "they look right through you."
The Delaware County Sports Foundation commissioned her to create a statue of the Radnor Township native, who in 1967 became the first African American in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
