Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (born 1939)

Ernie Davis

American football player (1939–1963)

Ernest R. Davis was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Syracuse Orangemen who won the Heisman Trophy in 1961. He was the award's first black recipient. Davis was selected first overall by the Washington Redskins in the 1962 NFL draft but was almost…