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Ernie Davis was an All-American on the gridiron and a guy of integrity off of the field. A multi-sport high school superstar in Elmira, NY, Davis continued to Syracuse College or university, while a sophomore he led his team with an undefeated season and a nationwide championship in 1959, and received his nickname: the Elmira Express. Two months later, Davis broke the famous Jim Brown's hurrying data and became the first black athlete to be awarded the Heisman Trophy. The number-one pick in the 1962 NFL draft, Davis agreed upon a agreement with the Cleveland Browns and were going for professional stardom. But Davis never finished up participating in in the NFL; he was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer months before his first year season and succumbed to the disease significantly less than a 12 months later. In fighting his condition, Davis proved great dignity and courage, encouraged the country, and moved Leader John F. Kennedy to eulogize him as an outstanding man of great persona who consistently dished up as an creativity.
