AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER

Ernie Davis

1939 - 1963

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Ernest R. Davis (December 14, 1939 – May 18, 1963) 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 immediately traded to the Cleveland Browns. He was diagnosed with leukemia that same year, and died shortly after at age 23 without ever playing in a professional game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernie Davis is the 18th most popular american football player (down from 6th in 2019), the 13,709th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,570th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American American Football Player.

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Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Among american football players, Ernie Davis ranks 18 out of 63. Before him are Peyton Manning, Dick Butkus, Cam Newton, Jerry Rice, Hines Ward, and Kurt Warner. After him are Lawrence Taylor, John Elway, Odell Beckham Jr., Walter Payton, Steve Young, and Antonio Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ernie Davis ranks 621. Before him are Willye White, Maury Povich, Barry Cunliffe, David Allan Coe, BarBara Luna, and José Fernández. After him are Lino Brocka, Leon Brittan, Tom Harkin, George M. Whitesides, Peter Radford, and John A. Russo. Among people deceased in 1963, Ernie Davis ranks 220. Before him are Luis Pérez, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Estes Kefauver, Thomas Griffith Taylor, Oliver La Farge, and Monty Woolley. After him are Hooley Smith, Louis MacNeice, Jack Hobbs, Jean Brooks, Daniel O. Fagunwa, and Alma Richards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernie Davis ranks 13,713 out of 20,380. Before him are Gian-Carlo Coppola (1963), Anna Deavere Smith (1950), John Danforth (1936), Irene Worth (1916), Brett Gurewitz (1962), and Fisher Ames (1758). After him are Jesse L. Martin (1969), Shepard Fairey (1970), Bob Riley (1944), Abigail Cowen (1998), Barbara Britton (1920), and Carla Anderson Hills (1934).

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Among AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among american football players born in United States, Ernie Davis ranks 17. Before him are Joe Namath (1943), Peyton Manning (1976), Dick Butkus (1942), Cam Newton (1989), Jerry Rice (1962), and Kurt Warner (1971). After him are Lawrence Taylor (1959), John Elway (1960), Odell Beckham Jr. (1992), Walter Payton (1954), Steve Young (1961), and Antonio Brown (1988).

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