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American football player (–)

For other people named Ernest Davis, see Ernest Davis (disambiguation).

American football player

Ernest R. Davis (December 14, – May 18, ) was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Syracuse Orangemen who won the Heisman Trophy in He was the award's first black recipient.^[1][2][3] Davis was selected first overall by the Washington Redskins in the NFL draft but was almost immediately traded to the Cleveland Browns.^[4] He was diagnosed with leukemia that same year,^[5][6] and died shortly after at age 23 without ever playing in a professional game.^[3] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in and was the subject of the film The Express: The Ernie Davis Story.

Early life

Davis was born in New Salem, Pennsylvania. His father was killed in an accident shortly after his birth, and his mother, Avis Marie Davis Fleming, could no