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Ernie Davis
Ernest "Ernie" Davis
(December 14, 1939 – May 18, 1963) was an
American football
halfback
and the first
African-American
athlete to win the
Heisman Trophy
. Wearing number 44, Davis played
college football
for
Syracuse University
before being
drafted
by the
Washington Redskins
of the
National Football League
(NFL), then almost immediately traded to the
Cleveland Browns
in December 1961, when he was issued number 45. However, he never played a professional game, as he was diagnosed with
leukemia
in 1962 and died at the age of 23 years. Davis was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame
in 1979. He is the subject of the 2008
Universal Pictures
film
The Express
, based on the non-fiction book
Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express
, by Robert C. Gallagher.
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