Big Big Man

I think that I promised pictures of a giant football player in a previous post. Here you go:

And here's an up-close-and-personal:

This guy is outside of a garage/tire store a few miles from my house. (He used to hold a tire in his right hand.) He's been there since I was a little kid. I don't know who he is. I could guess, but I might be wrong, and that's embarrassing.

There used to be another giant man somewhere nearby. Where was it? And who was he? Why does Paul Bunyan come to mind? Does anyone around here know?