He was born on September 22, 1911, in Buffalo, New York, of Polish descent.

Radwan was an athletics coach at East High School in Buffalo from 1929 to 1934.

During World War II he served as a corporal in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945.

Radwan voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

[2] He died on September 7, 1959, in Buffalo, New York; and was buried at the St. Stanislaus Cemetery there.