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'The Express' in real life

By Jeff Merron
Special to Page 2

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Ernie Davis, who led Syracuse to a national championship in 1959, became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961. Along the way, he smashed the great Jim Brown's school records, setting new marks for career rushing yards (2,386) and points scored (220). Washington selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1962 NFL draft, then traded his rights to Cleveland. It seemed Davis would join Brown, his boyhood hero, in the Browns backfield. But before he got a chance to play a ...

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